A video going viral on social media shows an incident wherein donation theft at the Gaali Anjaneya Swamy Temple in Bengaluru’s Byatarayanapurai can be seen. The viral video shows two people tallying the temple’s donations, with one passing the other a bundle of cash.
An X user whose post went viral said: “This is why Government should handover the administrative duties to the temples. Here in Gaali Anjaneya Swamy Temple, Bengaluru, administration staff is pocketing money while it’s counted and after few seconds picked up another bundle and handing it over to another guy.. Shame.”
In another video, the same person can be seen stealing more money and handing it over to someone who appears to be a priest based on his clothes. The incident has sparked outrage on social media. Ramachandra, the temple’s head priest told the media that the incident in question occurred more than a year ago an the temple management acted quickly at the time.
Two executive committee members were suspended for their involvement in the fund , and two cooks were found to have been involved in the plot and stopped from returning to the temple. According to the media reports, local authorities said that an FIR was filed in this incident in June this year based on the viral video in question. It added that an investigation is underway to identify and arrest the accused.
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