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MARGAO
Residents of Vanxim-Loutolim woke up on Monday to hear the news of unknown miscreants breaking into the Our Lady of Milagres Chapel Sunday night and decamping with three antique statues.
The incident is believed to have taken place Sunday night, but came to light at 12 noon on Monday when some people noticed the lights and fans inside the Chapel switched on. Their worst fears came true when the people found the three statues housed on the Altar missing.
After a complaint was lodged with the Maina-Curtorim police station, the police roped in a finger print expert to help in the investigations. The police also pressed into service a sniffer dog to obtain a clue in the case.
Sub-Divisional Police Officer, DySP Serafino Dias informed that the antique wooden statues of Our Lady of Milagres, St Michael and St Tiago were stolen from the Chapel. He said the motive behind the incident is purely theft as evident by the fact that the miscreants did not damage anything.
