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Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Trust Board Chairman B. R. Naidu has said that the last complaint expanse filed successful tribunal by the Special Investigation Team led by the Central Bureau of Investigation has intelligibly indicted the erstwhile spot committee for malpractices successful the ghee procurement process.
Addressing a property league present connected Friday, helium stated that the SIT probe was not yet broad oregon conclusive and appealed to the investigating bureau to transportation retired a thorough enquiry into the alleged fiscal transactions involving crores of rupees credited into definite slope accounts. Though the SIT had traced the wealth way up to a definite level, Mr. Naidu said the probe should beryllium extended further to place the cardinal beneficiaries down the alleged irregularities.
Condemning attempts to mislead devotees by claiming that the accused had received a cleanable chit, helium said the complaint expanse had intelligibly established that a synthetic substance was procured successful the sanction of ghee and utilized successful the mentation of the ineffable Tirumala Laddus offered arsenic Naivedyam astatine the Sri Venkateswara temple.
The irregularities pointed retired by the SIT included relaxation of tender conditions to favour prime firms, portion contracts were awarded to companies that lacked the required capableness and infrastructure, helium observed. During the erstwhile regime, astir 60 lakh kg of synthetic ghee, valued astatine astir ₹250 crore, was procured for the mentation of Laddu Prasadam, helium said, adding that laboratory reports submitted by the National Dairy Development Board confirmed the beingness of carnal abdominous successful immoderate of the samples tested.
“The ghee supplied during the erstwhile tenure contained hazardous substances, including definite lethal chemicals that could adversely impact quality health. Some dairies were hand-picked purely for commission-driven motives,” Mr. Naidu alleged.
Citing statistic based connected ghee procurement implicit a five-year period, helium said astir 20 crore Laddus were prepared utilizing the adulterated ghee. This, helium said, amounted not lone to a sedate desecration of the sanctity of Tirumala, but besides posed a superior wellness hazard to devotees who consumed the Prasadam. Responding to media queries, helium demanded micro DNA investigating to conclusively found the quantity and root of the ghee used.
