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Khammam: Temple gold case mystery now deepens

The officials were searching for the ornaments donated by an NRI in 2012 from Saturday morning.

Khammam: Some questions remain unanswered regarding the missing ornaments of the Lord Sitramachandra Swamy temple in Bhadrachalam that were recovered on Saturday. Some suspect that officials allowed the culprits to make replicas of the ornaments and place them in the temple lockers.

After searches, officials had concluded that ornaments worth Rs 2.13 lakh were missing. A complaint was lodged regarding the ‘theft’. When the officials looked again, they found the missing ornaments. The officials were searching for the ornaments donated by an NRI in 2012 from Saturday morning. They found them only in the evening. There are allegations that officials gave time for the culprits to make replicas of the ornaments and place them instead of the original ones. There are also allegations of a tussle among the priests of the temple. It seems the authorities wanted to suppress the matter and allowed the guilty to make another set of ornaments to replace the missing ones.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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