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A ₹25 lakh misappropriation successful ₹100 darshan summons strategy has travel to airy precocious astatine the Tiruchendur Subramanya Swamy temple, with a impermanent pistillate unit suspended for allegedly manipulating records utilizing an alternate browser.
The unit has been identified arsenic M. Menaka, 29 from Tiruchendur locality.
Over the past mates of years, the fig of devotees visiting Tiruchendur temple has been steadily increasing. To negociate the dense crowds, darshan arrangements are organised successful 3 categories, specified arsenic wide darshan (free darshan), ₹100 paid darshan and a abstracted queue for elder citizens.
According to an authoritative from the HR&CE Menaka was suspended past Tuesday (May 19) successful transportation with the alleged fraud involving ₹25 lakhs. He added, she had allegedly utilized an alternate browser to make receipts that appeared successful the abstract records, but not successful the reprint system.
The authoritative noted that complaints regarding discrepancies were brought to attraction astir 15 days ago. Following preliminary examination, enactment was initiated against the staff.
Adding that Menaka was a temple unit member, helium said that she falls nether the administrative power of temple medication and temple Thakkar has placed her nether suspension.
The authoritative further stated that Menaka had returned ₹5 lakh collected done the tickets and had submitted a written undertaking that she would instrumentality the remaining magnitude wrong a fewer days and would not repetition specified actions.
He added that the substance has been escalated to higher authorities and steps were taken to lodge a ceremonial ailment successful transportation with the case.
Sources from the constabulary section said that a lawsuit has been registered astatine DCB connected Friday (May 22), nether sections BNS 316(2) and 318(4) and further investigations are underway.
Thoothukudi South District BJP president R. Sidhrangathan successful his property connection said that the temple which serves arsenic the individuality of Thoothukudi territory has been witnessing lakhs of devotees regular during summertime season. In specified a situation, the alleged fake receipt scam exploiting the spiritual sentiments of devotees is highly condemnable.
He questioned whether specified a large-scale scam could person been carried retired by a azygous impermanent unit member, suggesting the anticipation of a larger web involved.
Mr. Sidhrangathan demanded authorities to place each those liable for the irregularities and bring the existent culprits to airy done investigation.
