Man held for stealing gold ornaments from temple in J-K’s Reasi

A man has been arrested for allegedly stealing gold ornaments from the idol inside a temple in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday. Shakti Kumar Verma, a resident of Garhi village of Udhampur, was arrested and 30 grams of stolen gold ornaments worth nearly Rs 3 lakhs were recovered from his possession, a police spokesman said.


PTI | Jammu | Updated: 19-10-2025 22:00 IST | Created: 19-10-2025 22:00 IST
Man held for stealing gold ornaments from temple in J-K’s Reasi
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A man has been arrested for allegedly stealing gold ornaments from the idol inside a temple in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday. Shakti Kumar Verma, a resident of Garhi village of Udhampur, was arrested and 30 grams of stolen gold ornaments worth nearly Rs 3 lakhs were recovered from his possession, a police spokesman said. He said the theft in the temple located in the main market in Katra had taken place on October 15 and accordingly, police registered a case and started investigation to bring the culprit to book.

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