High-Level Panel To Probe Alleged Scam In Gold Plating At Kedarnath Temple

Saturday, 24 June 2023Newsdesk

The gold plating was done under the supervision of the experts from the Archaeological Survey of India, the minister said, adding a donor had bought the gold and got it inlaid on the walls of the sanctum sanctorum with the temple committee having no direct role in it.

New Delhi 24 June 2023

As per news report of NDTV,The Uttarakhand government has decided to set up a high-level committee to probe allegations of a ₹ 1.25 billion scam in gold plating the sanctum sanctorum of the Kedarnath temple The state's Tourism, Religion and Culture Minister Satpal Maharaj on Friday said he has instructed secretary of culture and religious affairs Harichandra Semwal to form a high-level inquiry committee under the chairmanship of the Garhwal commissioner to get to the bottom of the matter.

Source - NDTV