Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal (SP)
Bantwal, May 3: Unknown thieves entered Sacred Heart Church at Shambhoor in the taluk on the night of Monday May 1 and took away about Rs 1.5 lac in cash, laptop worth around Rs 10,000, a tab valued at Rs 5,000, a two-sovereign golden chain, and two Seiko watches.
The parish priest of the church Fr Jerald Pinto had left for Mangaluru on the evening of Monday on official work. When he returned on Tuesday morning, he found that the lock of the front door of the church had been broken, cash and valuables had been stolen, and the church office had been ransacked.
The police who visited the spot based on complaint, conducted spot inspection and registered a case.