The 37-year-old Indian national worked at the 194-year-old Sri Mariamman Temple in Singapore.
Kandasamy Senapathi had planned to redeem the pawned ornaments when he had raised enough money and return them to the temple, according to local media — but his ruse was uncovered when he could not get enough cash to buy the gold back after the coronavirus pandemic hit. He is accused of having pawned the gold items five times between 2016 and 2020 when he was still chief priest.
The ornaments were supposed to be kept in the custody of the chief priest in the temple’s inner sanctum.
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