Mandya: Three priests of the Arkeshwara Swamy temple in Guttala of Mandya district were smashed to death by miscreants.
Senior police officers rushed to the spot.
The initial probe pointed out that it is murder for gain as the miscreants fled with temple money.
According to the sources, miscreants murdered temple priests Ganesha, Prakasha and Ananda. They were sleeping in the temple when the incident happened. The miscreants smashed their heads with stones first and later fled with temple hundi.
After the Covid-19 outbreak, Mysuru, Mandya, Ramanagar, and Hassan are witnessing a sudden surge in the number of crimes, posing a huge challenge to the police.