Quality Of Life: 3 temple break-ins in Canada in October, suspect on the run

TORONTO: The Canadian Police have said they were searching for a suspect, after three Hindu temples were broken into in the province of Ontario beginning this month. All the break-ins occurred over the span of a few hours early October 8 morning in Pickering and Ajax cities, the Durham Police said in a statement. The suspect, observed walking with a limp in surveillance footage, is five feet nine inches tall, said police.

On October 8, around 12.45am, officers responded to reports of a break-and-enter in progress at a religious temple in the area of Bayly Street and Krosno Boulevard in Pickering.A male was seen on security surveillance making entry into the temple and taking a large quantity of cash from the donation boxes. He fled the area prior to police arrival.Later, at 1.30am, the cops responded to reports of a break-and-enter in progress at another temple in Pickering in the area of Brock Road and Dersan Street. A resident of the temple reported that a male had attempted to steal a safe which contained donated cash. His attempt was unsuccessful. Around 2.50am, the same man broke into a temple in the area of Westney Road South and Bayly Street West in Ajax, where he stole a large quantity of cash from a donation box. ians