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The Vigilance helping of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) has launched a probe into reports that respective regular wage workers deployed at Sabarimala during the precocious concluded yearly pilgrimage play sent location ample sums of money.
Vigilance officials are scrutinising the slope relationship details of each the regular wage workers posted astatine the Sannidhanam. Preliminary findings bespeak that the workers transferred wealth regular done 2 banks and a station bureau operating astatine the Sannidhanam.
Usually, regular wage workers at Sabarimala receive their wages, fixed astatine ₹650 a day, successful their slope accounts lone aft the pilgrimage play concludes. However, the transportation of important amounts adjacent earlier the authoritative disbursal of wages has raised suspicion that the wealth could beryllium proceeds of amerciable earnings.
According to TDB sources, betwixt 50 and 100 regular wage workers person travel nether the Vigilance scanner. They were engaged successful assorted forms of casual enactment during the season, including loading and unloading nutrient supplies. “These workers are suspected to person obtained the wealth by offering pilgrims unauthorised assistance to expedite darshan,” said an official.
₹3,000 to ₹5,000 a time
The contented came to airy pursuing reports of respective impermanent unit members sending wealth orders and making slope transfers ranging from ₹3,000 to ₹5,000 a time from the Sannidhanam.
The probe comes adjacent connected the heels of different Vigilance probe into alleged irregularities successful the merchantability of ghee offerings done the counters astatine the Sannidhanam, which led to the apprehension of 1 person. Earlier this season, authorities had besides caught 2 impermanent unit members deployed for counting donations astatine the temple portion attempting to pilfer currency and gold.
