A brazen gang of unscrupulous thieves targeted and looted 3 temples at Pampanuru, Athmakuru mandal in Anantapur district.
According to police, the thieves injured the watchman of the Subrahmanyeswara Swamy temple, and robbed cash and ornaments from the hundi. The robbers also struck at the Lakshminarasimha Swamy and Lakshmidevi temples, later.
Meanwhile the injured watchman managed to alert the police about the thieves. When the police team reached the spot, the thieves managed to beat them up and make good their escape.
Meanwhile, the villagers gave chase to the fleeing felons and managed to nab one of the gang.
He was marched off to the police station, where the infuriated policemen who had been beaten up are questioning him.
Till the time of filing this report, the gang-member in police custody had not divulged any details about his accomplices.