High-Level Panel To Probe Alleged Scam In Gold Plating At Kedarnath Temple
NDTV
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.
The Uttarakhand government has decided to set up a high-level committee to probe allegations of a Rs 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.
He has asked Semwal to include technical experts as well as goldsmiths in the inquiry committee.
The state government is "extremely sensitive" about the matter. Action will be taken against whoever is found guilty, Satpal Maharaj said.
