Canadian police charge Brampton man for breaking into multiple Hindu temples

The Canadian police on Thursday identified the man who broke into a Hindu temple in October this year. The police accused the 41-year-old man from Brampton of conducting multiple break-ins at Hindu temples across the Greater Toronto Area throughout the year. The police in Durham Region issued a statement on the matter and identified the man named Jagdish Pandher as the main culprit of the whole fiasco. While police released Pandher's identity, they made it clear that the break-ins were not motivated by “hate”. 

"Jagdish PANDHER, age 41 from Brampton is facing charges for numerous offences including Break-and-Enter Place Other Than Dwelling x4, Possess Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000 x4, Break-and-Enter with Intent xl, and Breach of Probation x5.
He was held for a bail hearing," Durham Regional Police said in a statement. “Investigators have linked the same suspect to numerous other break-and-enters at Hindu temples throughout the year. These break-and-enters occurred in the Durham Region and around the Greater Toronto Area,” the statement further reads.

Man charged with four counts

In the statement, police noted that Pandher was involved in the break-in that took place at a Hindu temple on Oct. 8 in the area of Bayly Street and Krosno Boulevard in Pickering. The authorities noted that the man fled the temple after taking cash from donation boxes before breaking into other temples in Ajax and Pickering later that morning. In light of this, the man was charged with four counts of break-and-enter among other charges. “A male was seen on security surveillance breaking into the temple and taking a large quantity of cash from the donation boxes. The male fled the area prior to police arrival. The male was seen on surveillance footage later that morning committing additional break-and-enters at Hindu temples in Pickering and Ajax,” the statement furthered. “Although these offences occurred at places of worship, they do not appear to be hate crimes or motivated by hate,” the authorities concluded.