CURATED BY – SUNIL YADAV | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Katni, Kotwali police has exposed the theft in Chandraprabha Digambar Jain temple located in Jhanda Bazar under Katni Kotwali police station area. The donation box and money of the temple have been recovered from the two accused involved in the theft in the Jain temple.
Exposing the entire incident, Kotwali police station in-charge Ashish Sharma said that on August 26, 2024, the applicant Anil Singhai resident Raghunathganj Katni lodged a complaint in the Kotwali police station and informed that in the intervening night of August 25-26, unknown thieves entered the Digambar Jain temple from the back and stole the donation box kept on the first floor. In which the estimated donation amount would have been 10 to 15 thousand rupees. On the report of the applicant, a case was registered against unknown thieves in Kotwali police station Katni. In the case of theft in Jain temple, Kotwali police arrested Gulshan Vaishnav Bairagi and Roshan Vaishnav Bairagi, both from village Ghat Simaria, police station Sihora, district Jabalpur and brought them to the police station. Both the accused are real brothers against whom cases of theft and assault have been registered in other police stations. On questioning the accused about the incident, they told that they had done recce around the temple four days ago, the wooden door behind the temple was broken and they also came to know that there is a lot of money in the donation boxes of Jain temples. That is why they targeted the Jain temple. The accused also told that about 19-20 thousand rupees were found in the donation box, which both the brothers divided among themselves. Out of the stolen money, Rs 1170 from accused Gulshan Vaishnav and Rs 1540 from Roshan Vaishnav, a total of Rs 2710 has been seized. The remaining money is said to have been spent on food and drinks.