Overview
- The Supreme Court-appointed committee oversaw a two-day inspection on October 18–19 with tight security, full videography, and safety precautions before resealing the chamber.
- Inspectors catalogued silver sticks smeared with gulal, a gold stick, some gems, brass and copper utensils, and a few coins and stones, but no land or gift documents were located.
- A temple priest claimed long bars of gold and silver, gemstones, and precious coins were found, while officials recorded the discoveries as yellow and white metal pending evaluation.
- Several Goswami representatives disputed the committee’s authority and the process, citing lack of media access and arguing the interim body was created to address devotees’ facilities.
- Officials will submit inventories and reports to the panel led by Justice (retd.) Ashok Kumar, as calls for a CBI inquiry seek to trace missing records and verify the provenance of assets.