{"id":21028,"date":"2026-05-02T13:25:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/?p=21028"},"modified":"2026-05-02T13:26:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:26:57","slug":"temple-donation-box-theft-accused-caught-by-locals-in-dharmanagar-handed-over-to-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/temple-donation-box-theft-accused-caught-by-locals-in-dharmanagar-handed-over-to-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Temple Donation Box Theft: Accused caught by locals in Dharmanagar, handed over to Police"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Dharmanagar, May 2:<\/strong> A thief suspect was apprehended by alert residents in Dharmanagar on Saturday, a day after a temple donation box was allegedly stolen, amid rising theft incidents across the subdivision.<br><br>The accused, identified as Suman Chakraborty (30) from Kailashahar, was caught near the Old Motor Stand after locals matched his appearance with CCTV footage from a Shiva temple in the Shib Bari area, where the theft took place on Friday night.<br><br>According to residents, the donation box of the temple was found missing on Saturday morning. CCTV footage helped identify the suspect, prompting locals to track him down and detain him when spotted in the town.<br><br>During questioning by locals, the accused allegedly confessed to stealing the donation box. He was later handed over to <strong>Dharmanagar police<\/strong>, who have taken him into custody for further interrogation.<br><br>Police sources said the accused is being questioned to determine whether he is linked to a broader theft network, as multiple theft incidents have been reported recently in Dharmanagar and nearby areas, targeting homes, businesses, and even religious institutions.<br><br>The accused, reportedly a construction worker, was on his way to Karimganj when he was intercepted by locals.<br><br>The incident has heightened concerns among residents, with many claiming that theft cases have surged in recent days, creating an atmosphere of insecurity across the sub-division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dharmanagar, May 2: A thief suspect was apprehended by alert residents in Dharmanagar on Saturday, a day after a temple donation box was allegedly stolen, amid rising theft incidents across the subdivision. The accused, identified as Suman Chakraborty (30) from Kailashahar, was caught near the Old Motor Stand after locals matched his appearance with CCTV [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":21027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2542,301,23,73,2619],"tags":[2839],"ppma_author":[2519],"class_list":{"0":"post-21028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-administration","8":"category-breaking","9":"category-events","10":"category-tripura","11":"category-tripura-police","12":"tag-dharmanagar-police"},"authors":[{"term_id":2519,"user_id":194,"is_guest":0,"slug":"amit-debbarma","display_name":"A Debbarma","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5ddbf850a65ce104c59e4db2c4f613874a56a842e9441a8547a0210e0c53e78b?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Faguli.in%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F07%2FPHOTO-2023-09-14-08-30-32-3.jpg&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21029,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21028\/revisions\/21029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21028"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=21028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}