Juhu church broken into, cops launch manhunt

Juhu’s St Joseph Church was broken into in the wee hours of Wednesday. The church authorities came to know of it when one of the workers arrived to make preparations for the 6am mass service.

Parish priets Fr Vincent D’Mello said, “A church worker called me up in the morning and told me about the break-in. The gold-plated monstrance on which Jesus is placed is missing. When I went around, I found that a laptop was missing as well as cash from Mt Mary’s statue.”

Senior inspector of Juhu police station Arun Bhagat said, “The incident seems to have taken place on the night intervening Tuesday and Wednesday. We have registered a case of break-in against unknown people and a hunt is on.”