Overview
- In a self-recorded clip posted on December 6, C. V. Ravi Kumar admitted the April 29, 2023 theft and said he donated 90% of his assets to TTD as penance, denying bribery or coercion.
- The CID and ACB submitted their findings to the Andhra Pradesh High Court in sealed covers on December 2, with the matter listed for hearing on December 9.
- A Lok Adalat in September 2023 recorded a compromise in which Ravi Kumar and his family transferred properties worth about ₹14 crore to TTD, a decision later suspended by the High Court.
- TTD official and original complainant Y. Satish Kumar was found dead on November 10 while traveling to appear before the CID, and police are treating the case as murder.
- Political contention has intensified as Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu criticized Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s remarks calling the theft a “small case,” YSRCP leader Bhumana Karunakar Reddy alleged selective probing by CID–ACB, and Endowments Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy accused the previous regime of compromising temple assets.