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The authorities of Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang Monastery person pardoned a tourer from West Bengal who was caught with stolen spiritual items connected Thursday (March 5, 2026).
The district’s Superintendent of Police, Kato Tasso, said the CCTV footage of the theft was circulated hours aft the items were stolen successful the day of March 3. The stolen items were a brass Buddha statue from the monastery compound, a brace of Tingsha cymbals, a doorbell and 2 metallic food lamps from the Giant Buddha Statue Park nearby.
“This happened a time aft the antheral and his woman reached Tawang connected a vacation,” helium said, adding that a Buddhist monk administering the parkland shared the CCTV footage with the police.
“We caught the tourer astatine the homestay the adjacent day (March 4) and recovered the stolen items aft a search,” Mr. Tasso said.
The items are estimated to beryllium worthy ₹20,000. The constabulary said nary lawsuit was registered against the tourist, arsenic the monastery absorption pardoned him aft helium expressed regret for the act.
“He admitted his mistake successful a written undertaking and promised not to repetition specified behaviour anywhere. He besides assured america that helium would henceforth respect spiritual sentiments astatine ineffable places,” a constabulary serviceman said.
The Tawang Monastery, situated astatine an altitude of astir 10,000 feet supra the mean oversea level, draws a batch of tourists each year. Founded successful the 17th century, it is India’s largest and the world’s second-largest monastery.
