HC orders CID probe into theft of money offered to Tirumala temple

A single–judge Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court (HC) comprising Justice Gannamaneni Ramakrishna Prasad connected Monday ordered a CID probe into each aspects of the alleged theft of money, including overseas currency, from the offerings made to Lord Venkateswara Swamy astatine the Tirumala temple, by an serviceman of the fertile of Director General of Police (DGP).

Justice Ramakrishna Prasad directed that the probe should see the relation of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Trust Board and its officers and the de facto complainant, Assistant Vigilance and Security Officer Y. Satish Kumar, successful the episode, and it should beryllium completed by December 2, to which day the substance has been posted for adjacent hearing.

Besides, the justice ordered that an ACB serviceman of the DGP fertile should inquire into the movable and immovable assets, including slope accounts, of the accused C.V. Ravi Kumar (a clerk of the TTD) and his household and each types of alienations by them done registrations oregon different from the constituent of their known sources of income.

More importantly, Justice Ramakrishna Prasad instructed the HC Registry to furnish a transcript of this bid to the Chief Justice for allocation of the contented of the legality of the Award passed by the Lok Adalat successful September 2023 for information by a Division Bench.

The Court Officer of the HC has been directed to manus implicit 16 sealed bundles (of material) to the Registrar (Judicial) for handing them implicit to CID DGP.

While issuing the order, the justice expressed the sentiment that the II Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate of Tirupati, successful whose tribunal the complaint expanse had been filed, should beryllium divested from each protocol duties with contiguous effect for the involvement of maintaining integrity and transparency connected the administrative side.

Justice Ramakrishna Prasad noted that Mr. Ravi Kumar, who was a supervisor of Parakamani, and his household members offered to donate/gift properties worthy ₹14.50 crore to the TTD and the aforesaid was approved by the TTD Chairman connected June 19, 2023 without immoderate solution of the Board.

Also, helium mentioned successful the bid that the omission of laying superior complaint nether Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code against Mr. Ravi Kumar, who is simply a nationalist servant, and the specified contented of a announcement nether Section 41-A of the Criminal Procedure Code was a important lapse.