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Mystery over missing gold from Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple and the royal family’s reply
The royal family in its first reaction says that they were not consulted by Rai
Controversy is brewing at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram after an audit report revealed that gold worth Rs 186 crore has gone missing from the temple. In the report submitted to the Supreme Court in March, former CAG Vinod Rai recommended a committee be formed to probe the irregularities.
According to the report, the temple did not have a system of ascertaining the weight and purity of gold and silver articles before handing them over to the contractors for melting and purification for ornamentation works.
The allegations
The report notes that till June 2002, gold pots bearing numbers 1 to 1,000 were used for various festivals. But on April 1, 2011, a pot taken out for a festival had the number 1988. This would mean there were 1988 gold pots present in the various cellars of the temple says the report.
After melting 822 gold pots for ornamentation works, the report states that there should have been 1166 pots remaining. But the number of gold pots which were assigned to the committee were only 397, which means that 769 golds pots went missing.
Read more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/articl...ha-swamy-temple-and-royal-familys-reply-48304
Mystery over missing gold from Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple and the royal family’s reply
The royal family in its first reaction says that they were not consulted by Rai
Controversy is brewing at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram after an audit report revealed that gold worth Rs 186 crore has gone missing from the temple. In the report submitted to the Supreme Court in March, former CAG Vinod Rai recommended a committee be formed to probe the irregularities.
According to the report, the temple did not have a system of ascertaining the weight and purity of gold and silver articles before handing them over to the contractors for melting and purification for ornamentation works.
The allegations
The report notes that till June 2002, gold pots bearing numbers 1 to 1,000 were used for various festivals. But on April 1, 2011, a pot taken out for a festival had the number 1988. This would mean there were 1988 gold pots present in the various cellars of the temple says the report.
After melting 822 gold pots for ornamentation works, the report states that there should have been 1166 pots remaining. But the number of gold pots which were assigned to the committee were only 397, which means that 769 golds pots went missing.
Read more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/articl...ha-swamy-temple-and-royal-familys-reply-48304
