Two transgender persons were arrested by the Kalavai police on Thursday for stealing a granite idol from a temple in Chenneri village, near Kalavai town, in Ranipet.
Police identified the accused as S. Athira, 21, and S. Vishnu, 19, of Kalavai town. It was around 6 a.m. on November 26 (Sunday) when the residents of Chenneri village, around two kms away from Kalavai town near Arcot, Ranipet, found the main deity of a local Amman temple to be missing.
On information, the police rushed to the spot and conducted an inquiry with the residents and the panchayat officials. The 1.5-foot-tall granite idol of the temple has had been worshipped by the residents for more than four decades.
