Tirumala dupatta scam: Those ‘silk’ may just be plain polyester; TTD flags decade-long fraud

TIRUPATI: As if the laddu controversy and the Parakamani case were not enough, the trust running the famed Tirumala temple has now alleged that it was duped of crores of rupees by a firm that sold silk dupattas to it over the past decade. Instead of pure mulberry silk, the firm allegedly sold to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) 100% polyester dupattas from 2015 to 2025.The board has referred the 'dupatta scam' case to the state...