Not a broken lock. Not a shattered door. Just a scribbled scrap of paper from a temple well.
In 1981, the sacred Ettumanoor Mahadeva Temple lost its golden Shiva idol in a heist that felt more like a movie script than a real-life crime.
A crowbar, a crumpled school notebook, and a cold trail led police to a thief with nerves of steel — and a plan as daring as it was precise.
This episode of Kerala Crime Files uncovers the theft that stunned a town and revealed how one careless clue cracked open a web of temple robberies across the state.