The gang took 6.5 sovereigns of gold ornaments, silver ornaments and Rs 50,000 cash before escaping.
Coimbatore: Police have launched a search for a gang that entered three temples by breaking open the doors and robbing gold and silver jewellery along with cash near Sulur in the suburbs of the city.
Police said, a gang entered Venkatesa Perumal temple near Sulur - Sengandurai by forcing open the doors on Tuesday night, and looted one kilogram of silver ornaments, two grams of mangalsutra of the female deity, and four crowns.
The incident came to light on Wednesday morning after priest Ramamoorthy noticed that the front doors of the temple were open and the locks broken.
Before escaping, the same gang also entered the Angala-Amman and Mahali-Amman temples in the same area and looted six sovereigns of gold ornaments including mangal sutras of the female deities and Rs 50,000 from the hundi.
The gang took 6.5 sovereigns of gold ornaments, silver ornaments and Rs 50,000 cash before escaping. The worth of stolen items is estimated to be around Rs 3 lakh, said the police official.
District police SP Pandiya Rajan has deployed a special team to nab the gang and police are collecting CCTV camera footage installed in the stretch. Further investigations are on.
