Amaravati,Dec 11 : The Andhra Pradesh High Court has ordered the state’s Crime Investigation Department (CID) and Anti‑Corruption Bureau (ACB) to register FIRs and launch a full-scale investigation into the alleged donation-theft at the donation-counting unit (Parakamani) of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) temple at Tirumala. The case concerns theft of roughly USD 920 (around ₹72,000) by a TTD employee, followed by a controversial compromise settlement under a Lok Adalat — a settlement which the High Court has now deemed improper and ordered to be revisited.
The court also directed CID and ACB to probe the assets of the accused, C. V. Ravi Kumar, and examine whether those assets are disproportionate to his lawful income. The agencies must coordinate their investigation, share all collected material — including handing over relevant data to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax Department if required — and submit sealed-cover reports to the court for judicial review.
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