"Members of SVCC Temple in Fremont say around 2:15 Tuesday morning, three people broke into their place of worship. On Tuesday afternoon, priest and manager Skanda Kumar showed us around and pointed out the cash offerings made to deities that were stolen. "This is what they took - about seven of them," Kumar said. Kumar estimates $2,000 was taken but it could be more."
"The suspects attempt to get into the metal safe using a drill or saw with sparks flying on and off for more than three minutes. "I felt really sad and I was afraid it would get on fire, but it did not," Kumar said. We spoke with Prisad Ramakrishnan who volunteers with the temple. "You feel violated, you feel like your personal space and this is not our personal space - this is a space for the deities and for the devotees," Ramakrishnan said."
Surveillance footage shows three people breaking into the SVCC Temple in Fremont around 2:15 a.m., attempting to breach a metal safe with a drill or saw while sparks flew. The burglars stole about seven cash offering containers; the priest estimates at least $2,000 was taken. Temple volunteers said the stolen money came from community donations used for offerings, flowers, fruits and religious proceedings. Members described fear and a sense of violation after the incident and reported that the temple has been burglarized before. A police report was filed.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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