Overview
- Temple officials said federal prosecutors ended the four-year investigation without filing criminal charges after discussions with BAPS counsel this month.
- The inquiry began in May 2021 after six Indian workers filed a civil complaint, the same day agents carried out court‑authorized activity at the Robbinsville site.
- Plaintiffs alleged they were recruited on religious worker visas, worked long hours for low pay, had passports taken, and were targeted based on caste.
- BAPS rejects the claims and says the temple was built through religious volunteer service by thousands of devotees, a framing it describes as seva.
- Some plaintiffs later withdrew from the civil case, and Hindu advocacy groups publicly welcomed the end of the federal probe.