Goa, Feb. 28 -- Mapusa Police have apprehended two individuals, identified as Sagar Harichandra Shinde, aged 40, hailing from Bijapur, Karnataka, presently residing at Bodgini, Mapusa, Bardez, Goa, and Anand Shivas Naik, aged 40, from N/o Hattagari, Belgavi Karnataka, currently residing in Rs Bodgini, Magusa, Bardes, Goa. The arrests were made in connection with a theft case at the revered Dev Bodgeshwar Temple, Bodgini, Mapusa.

The Mapusa Police, responding promptly to the complaint filed at Mapusa Police Station under CR. No. 37/2004, invoked sections 279, 427, and 34 of the IPC, intensifying efforts to bring the culprits to justice.

Acting on instructions from Dy. SP Sandesh Chodankar, PI Nikhil Palekar, a specialized team was consti...