One arrested for stealing cash from gurdwara

The Chabal police on Saturday arrested a person for stealing offerings (cash) from Gurdwara Baba Inder Das, Thathgarh, late on Friday night. The accused has been identified as Daljit Singh, a resident of Thatha village. The incident was brought to the notice of the management when a granthi came to the gurdwara on Saturday morning for routine duty to perform ‘nitnem’ (path).

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Baba Nirmal Singh, organiser of the gurdwara management, in his complaint to the police said that according to the video recording of the Close circuit TV cameras installed in the complex, the accused entered the gurdwara complex around 1.05 am and with an iron rod of a mike broke open the golak of the gurdwara and stole Rs 10,000 approximately and fled the spot.

ASI Jatinder Singh of Chabal police said that the accused had been booked under Sections 331(4) and 305 (A) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).