₹70 lakh worth ornaments stolen from Venkateswara Swamy temple of Kasibugga

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The Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple  successful  Kasibugga municipality  of Srikakulam district. File

The Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple successful Kasibugga municipality of Srikakulam district. File | Photo Credit: RAJU V

Around ₹70 lakh worthy metallic and golden ornaments were stolen from Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple of Kasibugga of Srikakulam territory successful the aboriginal hours of Monday (January 12).

According to police, the miscreants besides broke the hundi and took distant currency and ornaments donated by the devotees. According to constabulary personnel, the temple trustee Mukund Panda and priests noticed that determination was a large theft successful the temple and informed the elder constabulary officials immediately. Kasibugga Deputy Superintendent of Police Shaik Shahbaz Ahmed, Circle Inspector Ramakrishna visited the temple and inquired astir the information arrangements successful and astir the temple.

They observed that the temple did not person capable CC cameras to observe the movements of radical successful the temple premises. The temple caught the attraction of the federation 2 months agone with the stampede connected November 1, 2025 erstwhile 9 persons were killed owed to the mediocre arrangements successful the queue line. After the tragic incident, the authorities stopped darshan successful the temple. A fewer developmental activities person been taken up to guarantee a hassle-free darshan for the devotees. However, the deficiency of due information has led to large theft successful the temple.

Published - January 12, 2026 04:20 p.m. IST

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