Stolen over ten lakh rupees from temple treasury; Canara Bank employee arrested.

Bank employee arrested for stealing money while counting temple treasury funds. The theft took place at the Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh. The accused is a bank employee who was assigned to count the temple’s treasury income.

Abhinav Saxena, a Canara Bank employee, was caught red-handed while stealing money from the temple treasury. Every month, the temple opens around fifteen donation boxes on two or three specific days to count and record the offerings. Abhinav Saxena was the bank representative deputed from Canara Bank for this task. He smuggled some bundles of the counted money out of the temple by hiding them inside his clothes.

Abhinav Saxena is an employee of the Canara Bank’s Mathura branch. The temple’s security team discovered the theft. When he was searched in the presence of police and devotees, ₹1,28,600 was found hidden inside his clothes. Upon further questioning by the police, he confessed to having stolen ₹8,55,300 the previous day in a similar manner. A search of his flat led the police to recover the entire stolen amount.