‘We’re fed up with scary dreams’: thieves return temple treasures in India

Gang who stole statues from Hindu temple in India return most items, with note saying they had suffered nightmares

A gang of thieves have returned more than a dozen idols they stole from an ancient Hindu temple in India, saying they had been haunted by nightmares since the crime, according to police.

Last week, the group stole 16 statues from a 300-year-old temple to Lord Balaji - an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu - in Uttar Pradesh, police inspector Rajiv Singh told Agence France-Presse.