Burdwan, July 14 -- Miscreants broke into the historic Sarbamangala temple here in West Bengal's East Burdwan district and looted donation boxes from the sanctum early on Tuesday, police said.
According to temple staff, the theft was discovered early this morning when cleaners found the temple's iron gate adjacent to a pond broken and four donation boxes scattered on the road. Two boxes chained inside the main temple and two glass boxes outside had been forced open.
CCTV footage shows two masked men, aged around 40, entering the gate at around 2 am. They broke the main gate lock and tried to force the sanctum shutter. Failing that, they cut the chains, dragged the boxes to the garden, and fled with cash on a motorcycle parked outside.
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