Po­lice are prob­ing an act of sac­ri­lege and theft af­ter ban­dits smashed the wall to en­ter a Hin­du tem­ple in San­gre Grande.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors say the Pub­lic Re­la­tions Of­fi­cer of the Kailash Hin­du Mandir re­port­ed to po­lice of­fi­cers that he se­cured the tem­ple lo­cat­ed at East­ern Main Road, San­gre Chiq­ui­to, on Au­gust 20. How­ev­er, when he re­turned to the mandir on Mon­day, he ob­served sev­er­al pots and chairs cov­ered with sponges in the yard. Up­on mak­ing fur­ther checks, he no­ticed a wood­en wall, lo­cat­ed on the south­ern side of the build­ing, smashed, and the in­side of the tem­ple ran­sacked.

The PRO al­so re­port­ed to the po­lice that one 30,000 BTU air-con­di­tion­ing unit, 20 chairs, three pots, and six fold­ing ta­bles were miss­ing.

Po­lice be­lieve en­try was gained in­to the tem­ple by the ban­dits pry­ing open a win­dow lo­cat­ed on the west­ern side of the build­ing and smash­ing the wall to gain en­try to the al­tar of the tem­ple, where many of the miss­ing items were se­cured.

Of­fi­cials at the tem­ple have yet to put a val­ue on the stolen items and the dam­age caused to the build­ing.