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The Kerala portion of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has petitioned the Kerala High Court seeking a broad audit of gold, metallic and different valuables successful temples managed by the 5 devaswom boards.
Referring to the simplification successful value of the gold-cladded copper coverings astatine Sabarimala, and akin incidents being reported successful galore different temples, the VHP alleged that galore specified valuables were being maintained successful an irresponsible mode without ensuring their purity. It further sought inspection of registers maintained by the boards.
The organisation alleged that the inclusion of 2 inspectors successful the peculiar probe squad (SIT) that was constituted precocious to probe the Sabarimala ‘gold theft’ lawsuit could impact the genuineness of the probe arsenic they had worked with the Devaswom Vigilance during the play successful which the alleged incidents occurred. They could besides beryllium influenced by the ‘ruling dispensation’.
In this context, a probe by a neutral Central bureau is needed, its petition says. The High Court sought instructions from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) successful this regard.
