{"id":15704,"date":"2016-08-11T18:17:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T12:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=15701&amp;preview_id=15701"},"modified":"2016-08-11T18:17:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T12:47:41","slug":"idols-worth-crores-stolen-from-temple-priest-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=15704","title":{"rendered":"Idols worth crores stolen from temple, priest killed | Business Standard News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p>Armed robbers made off with 14 ashtadhatu idols from a temple under Ram Nagar police station in Etmadpur town and hacked the priest to death, police said today.<\/p>\n<p>According to SSP Preetinder Singh, the incident occurred last night when 250-year-old Lal Mandir was targeted by the robbers.<\/p>\n<p>He said the stolen idols were worth crores of rupees, adding that a hunt was launched to nab the culprits.<\/p>\n<p>Local BJP leaders, along with villagers, staged a protest on the Agra-Aligarh road demanding prompt action in the case.<\/p>\n<p>The priest, who had put up a resistance, was hacked to death with an axe by the robbers, the SSP said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armed robbers made off with 14 ashtadhatu idols from a temple under Ram Nagar police station in Etmadpur town and hacked the priest to death, police said today. According to SSP Preetinder Singh, the incident occurred last night when 250-year-old Lal Mandir was targeted by the robbers. He said the stolen idols were worth crores [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[15,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15704"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}