In Varanasi, thieves did not even spare God to fulfill their desire of expensive mobile, theft in temple exposed. By Abhishek Sharma Edited By: Abhishek Sharma Updated: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:50 (IST) In Varanasi, thieves did not even spare God to fulfill their desire of expensive mobile phone. The theft in the temple was exposed. The police investigated the case and … read more. The police said that the accused have also committed many thefts in the past. Jagran Correspondent, Varanasi. In the case of temple theft in Sarnath Baraipur, the Sarnath police arrested a thief from the Faridpur pigeon door within 24 hours. A bicycle, two mobile phones and Rs 1235 were taken from the donation box. This thief used to steal expensive mobile phones to fulfill his hobby. Remove Advertisement Read News Only Police Station Commander Pankaj Tripathi said that a silver crown, face and donation money kept in the donation box were stolen from the ancient Mahalia Mai Temple in Baraipur area on Monday. Within 24 hours of the theft, sub-inspector Rahul Yadav arrested one of the four youths, who were planning to sell the crown, at 1 am. During this time, the other three youths managed to escape by taking advantage of the darkness. During interrogation, the arrested youth revealed his name as Anupam Singh alias Abhi, who is a resident of Kakrahi Madiyahu, Jaunpur and was currently living with his maternal uncle in Chhahi village and was committing theft incidents. Anupam told that he sold the stolen goods and shared the money with his associates. This gang stole for their hobby and fun. Recently he was also involved in stealing the government electric wire from Faridpur. Apart from this, the same gang was also involved in the Ghurhupur bank robbery. The police launched raids to arrest three other fugitive associates. The police station chief said that strict action will be taken against this gang so that incidents of theft in the area can be curbed. The police appealed to the local people to report any suspicious activities to the police immediately. This incident raised security concerns in the area. The police administration advised people to stay alert and pay attention to the activities around them. To prevent incidents of theft, the police decided to increase patrolling. Sarnath Police has achieved an important success with its speed and activity, which will strengthen the sense of security in the area.