A watchman at the Jain Derasar temple here was on Wednesday killed when he tried to prevent a gang of robbers from committing theft in the premises, the police said.
The incident took place in the early hours at the temple in Abhilasha Chokdi in the city outskirts, when Mukesh heard the noise of some unidentified men breaking the lock of a temple room, following which he pressed the alarm button.
On hearing the alarm, the robber fled the scene and dragged the watchman to a nearby spot and killed him after hitting him with stones.
The victim, who received serious injuries on his head, died on the spot, they said adding further investigations are on.