Overview
- The Special Investigation Team has been questioning senior temple functionaries, cash-counting staff and bank employees to map who handled donations and who had custody of offerings.
- Donors and the Jewellers Association say about 60 kilograms of silver shilas and several pieces of jewellery given during the consecration are not traceable in temple records.
- SIT sources say an initial, substantial report may be submitted to the state government on Sunday as part of a one-week deadline set for the first-stage inquiry.
- Investigators are preparing possible disciplinary or criminal action against counting staff and some bank personnel if records do not match physical donations.
- The probe has inflamed political debate with the VHP backing a thorough inquiry while opposition parties press for transparency, and public trust in donation handling remains the central issue.