Antique idols were stolen from the nearly 1,300-year-old shrine.
The Idol Wing CID branch on Tuesday arrested K. Anandkumar Rao, former executive officer of the Arulmigu Tharukavaneswarar Temple at Tirupparaithurai, near Tiruchi on the charge of stealing three idols from the shrine and making a replica of one of them. Anandkumar [...] had been absconding for over seven months, said an Idol Wing CID release. It had earlier arrested the temple accountant Kannan and another person, ‘Thirumalaikatti' Ramanathan, in connection with the case. [...] Antique vessels from the temple were also stolen and used for making the new idol, said sources.India: Ex-temple official held in idols theft case
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