Lucknow: Gomti Nagar police on Sunday arrested a 20-year-old man for breaking into a temple and stealing cash from its donation box. The police recovered ₹5,145 in cash from the accused, identified as Arsalan, son of Faheem, a resident of Ujariyaon in the Bhim Nagar area of Gomti Nagar.According to the police, a complaint was lodged on Oct 10 by Omanakuttan NK, general secretary of the Lord Ayyappa Service Society in Vineet Khand. The complainant alleged that an unidentified person broke the temple’s door lock, entered the premises and subsequently broke the lock of the donation box to steal the cash kept inside.SHO, Gomtinagar, BC Tiwari, said that police teams within 24 hours of the FIR traced the accused and recovered the stolen money.
