'We're fed up with scary dreams': thieves return temple treasures in India

[mysteryowl]

‘We’re fed up with scary dreams’: thieves return temple treasures in India.

A gang of thieves have returned more than a dozen idols they stole from an ancient Hindu temple in India, saying they had been haunted by nightmares since the crime, according to police.

Last week, the group stole 16 statues from a 300-year-old temple to Lord Balaji – an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu – in Uttar Pradesh, police inspector Rajiv Singh told Agence France-Presse.

On Monday night, they left 14 of them near the house of the temple’s chief priest in Chitrakoot district, he said.

“They also left behind a confession letter which said they were returning the idols because they were having scary dreams,” Singh said. The note begged for forgiveness.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/17/were-fed-up-with-scary-dreams-thieves-return-temple-treasures

[Ilsa]

1. If only all thieves could so afflicted. nt

[masmdu]

2. Look out Greg!

[mysteryowl]

5. I remember that episode

[Effete Snob]

3. .

[secondwind]

4. Some folks still have a conscience...... good for them....