NEW DELHI — A gang of thieves have
returned more than a dozen idols they stole from an ancient Hindu temple in
India, saying they had been haunted by nightmares ever since the crime,
according to police.
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The group last week stole 16 statues from a 300-year-old temple of Lord
Balaji (an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu) police inspector Rajiv Singh
told AFP. On Monday night they left 14 of them near the house of the temple’s
chief priest in Chitrakoot district in Uttar Pradesh, he said.
“They also left behind a confession letter which said they were returning
the idols because they were having scary dreams,” Singh said. The note begged
for forgiveness.
One of the idols was made of Asthadhatu, an alloy of eight metals and
weighed around five kilos, and the haul also included silver ornaments used to
decorate deities. The thieves have not yet been identified.
In
their Hindi-language confession letter, they said: “We have not been able to
sleep, eat and live peacefully. “We are fed up with the scary dreams and are
returning your valuables.”
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