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Lord's employee caught taking bribe

November 11, 2003 02:09 IST

An employee of the famous Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirupati was on Monday caught inside the sanctum sanctorum while allegedly accepting cash from a party of pilgrims in return for facilitating an extended darshan.

The employee was in charge of regulating the crowd of devotees inside the sanctum sanctorum. He had taken the money in exchange for not making the pilgrims move quickly as is the normal practice in the busy temple.

Temple sources said the closed circuit television (CCTV) system caught the man taking money from the party.
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Sub: Lord's employee in bribery case

Its been happening for sometime. A good trick is to hold some Rs 10/- or Rs 50/- in your hand between your fingers visibly. As ...


Posted by Seshadri



Sub: No Surprises

What new in this?? I think everyone knows about this and so it doesnt come as a surprise. Its now accepted as part & parcel ...


Posted by Sunil



Sub: bribery became common in the temple

yes, its true that each and everyone are accepting bribes from the piligrims. last week i had visited the temple and for every few steps ...


Posted by Sowjanya



Sub: Whats new in that

Well its a open secret ,everyone knows about bribery at tirumala .


Posted by Bharath


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