Temple in Kerala looted

: A thief struck at a

famous temple here early Friday and decamped with money from five donation boxes after locking the security guard up in a room,police said.

The robbery occurred at the Thirunakkara Mahadeva temple, they said.

An FIR has been registered in this connection and a search is on for the culprit, the police said.

CCTV footage showed a masked man entering the temple, they said, adding that a sniffer dog has been pressed into service.