Hyderabad, July 3 -- Ten days after a silver crown and gold valuables were stolen from a temple in Nirmal, Telangana, three people were arrested on Thursday, July 2, while fleeing to Maharashtra's Nanded.

According to the police, two of the accused were identified as Pallapu Edakonda from Guntur district and Kiran alias Ramakrishna from Nizamabad. The third accused, Anand, was arrested from Maharashtra. According to the police, Pallapu and Kiran are habitual offenders who were in Nizamabad and under investigation in previous cases. During this time, the duo planned to steal the silver crown from the Sri Gnana Saraswathi Devasthanam.

Background of the case

The theft occurred on June 22, when the accused stole a silver crown and cash fro...