FIR filed against suspended Badrinath temple panel employee in donation irregularities case

New Delhi: An FIR has been registered on Wednesday against a suspended employee of the Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC), Pramod Nautiyal, in connection with the alleged irregularities in the handling of donations at the Badrinath temple.

The decision to lodge FIR was taken a day after Nautiyal was suspended by BKTC authorities. Earlier, BKTC constituted a four-member committee to probe the alleged irregularities in handling the temple donations. Allegations of irregularities in donation management were found to be prima facie true.

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The matter came to light through a report that appeared on social media on July 2 after which BKTC swung into action. BKTC is a statutory body which manages the Badrinath temple and other shrines in Uttarakhand. FIR has been registered under sections 306 and 316(5) (criminal breach of trust) at the Badrinath police station.

On Tuesday, the Uttarakhand government also constituted its own three-member probe committee, headed by Garhwal divisional commissioner. It will submit its findings to the state government within 15 days, according to officials.