Thief raided Sikh temple’s donation box

HAYES

A callous thief who helped himself to thousands of pounds from a Sikh temple’s donations box has been jailed for 18 months. Satwant Virdee, 48, was caught on camera forcing open the container and grabbing £3,000 at the Ramgharia Sikh Temple, in Hayes, west London on 26 November last year. The next morning secretary Surinder Jass noticed the cash was gone and phoned for the police after watching Virdee on CCTV, Isleworth Crown Court heard. Sikh temples, known as gurdwaras,…

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