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Agartala: The Tripura government is likely to probe “missing cash, precious ornaments and assets” deposited in the past 70 years by the devotees in the Mata Tripura Sundari Temple, an official said on Friday.
Former Tripura King Maharaja Dhanya Manikya (1463 to 1515) built the Tripura Sundari Temple, 60 km south of Agartala, in 1501.
A delegation of leaders of the opposition Congress led by Saumitra Biswas late on Thursday met Gomati District Magistrate (DM) Tarun Kanti Debnath and demanded a probe.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has also voiced suspicions about the “too small available cash, assets and valuables” of the temple.
The scion of Tripura’s Manikya dynasty Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debburman has also strongly demanded a proper audit.
“I will forward the matter to the Temple Trust. There is no register and record of cash, ornaments and assets deposited by the people in the past seven decades,” DM Debnath said.
“In August last year, the district administration counted the missing cash, precious ornaments and assets of the 518 year old temple. But we had observed that the available cash, precious ornaments and assets are too little compared to the lakhs of devotees and visitors depositing huge valuable ornaments including gold and huge cash amounts every year.”
After the BJP-led government assumed office in March 2018, the Mata Tripura Sundari Temple Development Committee has been replaced by the board of trustees — Mata Tripura Sundari Temple Trust.
Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb is the chairman of the 10-member trust. (IANS)

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