Bailiffs executed a dawn raid on a Hindu temple, evicting priests and seizing its sacred contents in a move which has outraged the Hindu community.

Backed up by the police, they moved in on the Sivayogam temple in Hebdon Road, Tooting, at 5am last Tuesday, May 22, following a protracted legal dispute with owner Barrowfen Properties Ltd which has plans to turn it into a Travelodge.

Eleven priests sleeping in ...