Anantapur: Anantapur police on Saturday busted an interstate gang involved in a series of temple and house burglaries across Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. According to Superintendent of Police P Jagadeesh, IPS, the gang had carried out thefts in nearly 20 cases targeting temples and isolated houses. Among the targeted temples were Parlachedu Tatimaremmavari Temple, Chintarlapalli Anjaneya Swamy Temple, Kotthamiddele Peddamma Temple, Akkammamba Temple (Kalyandurg), and several Maremmavari and Sunkulamma shrines across Anantapur and Karnataka. The gang was intercepted and arrested near Kurlapalli Cross. The SP lauded the efforts of the Kalyandurg Rural and UPS police teams for successfully cracking the interstate gang.