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New York, Jan 20 The Indian community was left in a state of shock after burglars broke into a Hindu temple in the US state of Texas and stole its donation box, the media reported.The Brazos County Sheriff's Office said they are investigating the burglary at Shri Omkarnath Temple located in Brazos Valley, Texas, which took place on January 11."There was a break-in. They (burglars) broke in through the side window and what was immediately...missing was our donation box and a safe in which we kept our valuables," Srinivasa Sunkari, a board member of the Shri Omkarnath Temple, told KBTX news channel.According to the report, a video captured by security cameras inside the temple showed a person walking straight to the donation box.He then used the temple's cart to wheel the box out the door."There was a sense of invasion, that sense of loss of privacy when something like this happened to us," Sunkari, told the news channel.He said the priest and his family, who live in an apartment right behind the temple, are safe, adding that the community members were notified about the incident at a gathering."We will rebound, we will take extra precautions to make sure our priest is safe and this family is safe and our place of worship is safe. And we hope that something like this doesn't happen to anybody in the future," a shocked Sunkari said.Condemning the incident, the HinduPact, an advocacy collective in the US, has asked the FBI for a thorough probe into the incident."Yet another Hindu Mandir violated. @FBI please investigate this," the HinduPact tweeted on Friday.The incident comes close on the heels of two Hindu temples in Australia that were defaced with anti-India graffiti by alleged Khalistan supporters on January 12 and 17.Condemning the incidents in strongest terms, India said it has taken up the matter with the Australian government and expects investigation and speedy action against the perpetrators.In August last year, the Tulsi Mandir in Queens, New York, was desecrated and a Mahatma Gandhi statue outside the temple premises was broken into pieces.The Hindu American Foundation in a statement demanded increased security after a series of attacks and robberies at Hindu temples across the country.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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