Duo tie up elderly temple caretaker, flee with cash

Vadodara: Two men broke into a temple near Samta crossroads early on Monday morning and carried out a robbery. The incident occurred in the presence of a 75-year-old woman who is caretaker of the temple. The police said that they are trying to get images of the robbers from CCTVs installed in the shops nearby.
According to the police, the incident occurred at about 3 am in Amba Mata Temple. The robbers broke the lock of the temple’s door and entered inside. They spotted the caretaker Saroj Patel sleeping in the temple premises. “The accused woke her and then tied her up in the corner of the temple. They took away some cash and the ornaments that were fake,” said D H Chaudhary, Laxmipura police station.
The accused knew that the temple is equipped with CCTVs so they also took away the DVR with them. “We don’t have any images of the accused or the incident as the robbers also stole the DVR,” Chaudhary told TOI. Patel was shaken up after the incident but she didn’t suffer from any injury.