Palghar:hree unidentified assailants allegedly attacked two priests and looted a temple at Balivali in Maharashtra's Palghar district, an incident which came more than a month after the lynching of two sadhus in a village near here, police said on Friday.
The incident took place at around 12.30 am on Thursday when three armed men barged into Jagrut Mahadev Mandir and Ashram at Balivali under Vasai taluka, an official said.
The trio attacked the temple's head priest, Sankaranand Saraswati, and his assistant and decamped with valuables worth Rs 6,800, he said.
The trio also ransacked the temple, the official said.
The two priests, who received minor injuries, somehow managed to free themselves from the clutches of the assailants, he said.
The main priest locked himself in one of the rooms of the ashram, while his assistant ran out of the premises, the official said.