Temple priest held for theft

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 17:38 [IST]

Kancheepuram, Mar 13 (UNI) A temple priest has been arrested in connection with the theft of a 13 gm chain on the deity.

Police said here today the Chandrasekara Diskshitar (56) was arrested after Angalmman Temple Trustee Raman lodged a complaint with the police on the missing gold chain.

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Topics: CRIME-TN-TEMPLE

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