An official on Friday said that two persons have been arrested for allegedly stealing sacred metal objects from a temple in Maharashtra's Palghar district, reported news agency PTI.

The accused, identified as 65-year-old Rangilal Banarsi Chavan and Rohit Sunil Mura (20), broke into the Panchamukhi Shivmandir at Vevoor on the intervening night of October 16-17, the police said while sharing an update on the Palghar crime, reported PTI.