An accomplished temple thief who robbed more than 200 temples in 50-years

This accomplished temple thief hails from Bangalore and he has robbed more than 200 temples in his 5-years but, police could locate only 200 grams of the yellow metal from him. He considers himself to be a devout and pious person and prays before the gods before setting out on his mission of robbing valuables from the same deities.
His area of operation extends from Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu to Kerala and, whenever he was arrested, he would come out on bail and get on with his robbing as if nothing has happened.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 5 September 2015.

His first robbery is believed to have been in a Mysuru temple, where he fled with the deity's gold chain. Other targets were the Chamundeshwari temple in Mysuru, Krishna temple in Udupi and Ghati Subramanya temple in Doddaballapur. He would first gain access to the sanctum sanctorum. He would select the temple and offer puja to the deity and then would approach the priest offering to work as a volunteer. He would sweep the temple premises, wash utensils and even guard devotees' footwear. Then, when he got the opportunity, he would vanish with the valuables!!
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