The priest of an Ulhasnagar shrine has accused the local police of failing to recover all the gold jewellery that was robbed last month. He said the police managed to get back only 78 grams of gold, and deliberately did not seek the eight culprits’ further custody to enquire about the rest. Police, however, claimed they have done their best and recovered whatever they could.

The accused in the case had stolen 490 grams of gold from Swami Damaram Sahib Darbar, where the complainant Jacky Jagiasi and his family live, at Shriram Chowk in Ulhasnagar city of Thane district last month. Vithalwadi police had registered an FIR based on Jagiasi’s complaint and the Crime Branch also launched an investigation.