The Economic Times

How cops nabbed the monk who looted Jain temples across 3 states including 600g gold bar, 10kg silver crown from Chennai Sowcarpet

A 60-year-old man, Jeevan Singh, was arrested in Pune after a year-long manhunt for allegedly posing as a monk to burgle Jain temples across Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Karnataka. Police tracked him through over 200 CCTV cameras, uncovering a pattern of thefts that funded his property purchases.