Kanpur: Govt Railway Police (GRP) recovered four crowns worth more than Rs 2 lakh within 24 hours of their theft from Jhagdeshwar Hanuman Temple at Gate No 1A of Kanpur Central station and arrested a 20-year-old man.
GRP station in-charge Om Narayan Singh said Krishna Tiwari, a resident of Banda district, was arrested near the garbage dump at Prayagraj end of the station on Oct 18. The crowns adorned idols of Lord Ganesh, Maa Durga, Maa Kali and Hanuman Ji and were stolen from the temple on Saturday, Oct 17. Police examined footage from more than 100 CCTV cameras and gathered ground-level information during the investigation.
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