Overview
- Vigilance teams drew samples from a Tirupati warehouse and approved stocks in Tirumala that CSB labs in Bengaluru and Dharmavaram identified as Polyester×Polyester.
- The trust board accepted the findings, cancelled existing tenders, invited fresh bids, and recommended criminal action against those involved.
- Procurement records attribute the supplies to VRS Export of Nagari and sister concerns that delivered roughly Rs 54.95 crore worth of cloth from 2015 to 2025.
- Officials reported the absence of the mandatory Silk Mark hologram and flagged a discrepancy with earlier paperwork citing a Kancheepuram lab approval.
- Investigators noted a separate award to the same firm for 15,000 dupattas at about Rs 1,389 per piece.