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The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) Vigilance has arrested a declaration worker for stealing currency from the hundi astatine the Sabarimala Sannidhanam. The accused, who allegedly stole ₹23,130 during work hours, was caught red-handed. He has been identified arsenic K.R. Ratheesh, a autochthonal of Vemballur successful Thrissur district. The Sannidhanam constabulary person registered a case.
During a regular cheque erstwhile helium went to the toilet portion connected duty, officials recovered ₹3,000 from him. Further inspection revealed that six ₹500 notes had been concealed wrong a manus mitt cloth pouch provided to workers for wearing portion counting offerings.
Subsequently, a hunt conducted astatine his spot of enactment led to the betterment of an further ₹20,130. Police fishy that the currency notes were rolled up and smuggled retired by concealing them successful backstage parts.
More than 300 employees are deployed successful 2 hundi units adjacent the Sannidhanam for counting offerings, of whom astir 200 are impermanent staff. The counting country is nether round-the-clock CCTV surveillance, constabulary information and Vigilance monitoring and workers are allowed introduction wearing lone a azygous mundu. Despite these stringent measures, the accused allegedly managed to smuggle retired currency successful a highly clandestine manner.
Meanwhile, the Devaswom Vigilance recovered ₹64,354 from an country adjacent the Malikappuram Melsanthi Madam wherever sacks of atom are stored. The cash, comprising coins and currency notes, was recovered abandoned betwixt stacks of sacks during an inspection. The country is utilized to store atom offered to the temple. Vigilance officials fishy that idiosyncratic whitethorn person collected the offerings and hidden the wealth among the sacks.
