Overview
- The shoes disappeared between 7:20 pm and 7:25 pm on November 6 outside Shri Ganesha Temple in Banashankari III Stage.
- An FIR has been filed under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 303, and investigators have seized the temple’s CCTV recording.
- Security video shows a man entering barefoot, posing as a devotee, and walking away wearing the stolen pair.
- The complainant pressed for a formal case after initial police hesitation, citing frequent footwear thefts outside temples.
- Temple accounts note repeated incidents, including the priest losing slippers twice, and police say past offenders sold stolen pairs for ₹20–50 to buy alcohol.