Thane, Nov 11 Unidentified persons broke into a Buddha Vihar and stole brass idols of Lord Gautama Buddha and Dr B R Ambedkar in Maharashtra’s Thane district early on Wednesday, police said.
The incident occurred at the Triratna Buddha Vihar at Jai Bhim Nagar-2 in Kalwa area.
This Buddha Vihar was inaugurated in 2019.
Following regular evening prayers on Tuesday, the shrine was locked and secured.
“Early this morning, local residents arrived at the site only to find the outer door’s lock broken open. Upon entering the shrine, devotees discovered that the sacred brass idols of Lord Buddha and Dr B R Ambedkar had been dismantled and stolen from their pedestals,” an official of the Kalwa police station said.
An FIR has been registered against unidentified persons under various relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and police teams are trying to identify the perpetrators, he said.
(PTI News)
