Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday (December 10, 2025) directed CID and ACB to take legal action in the Parakamani theft case at Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Tirupati. The court allowed the Director General of the Crime Investigation Department and the Anti-Corruption Bureau to file an FIR to take action as per law.
Both CID and ACB have been authorized to investigate the settlement reached in Lok Adalat and the properties of accused CV Ravi Kumar. Both the agencies were instructed to share information among themselves during the investigation. They were also asked to share information with Income Tax and Enforcement Directorate.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which investigated the precious stones theft case, had submitted its report in the court on December 2. CID Additional Director General Ravi Shankar Ayyanar, who headed the SIT, submitted the report in a sealed envelope.
The CID had started the investigation after the High Court issued an order on a petition challenging the closure of the gemstone theft case in the Lok Adalat. Ravi Kumar, an employee of Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanams (TTD), was caught stealing $920 from Parakamani (a center for counting coins and currency notes) in April 2023.
The theft case registered at Tirupati police station was transferred to Lok Adalat, where a settlement was reached in September 2023. Ravi Kumar offered to donate seven properties worth Rs 40 crore in the name of TTD, all located in Tirupati and Chennai.
A petition was filed in the Andhra Pradesh High Court alleging that no investigation was conducted into the theft case as the then Governing Board of TTD had closed the case after a settlement in the Lok Adalat. Petitioner Macherla Srinivas had demanded investigation and closure of the case.
The SIT had started investigation in October and former TTD chairman B. Karunakar Reddy and YV. Subba Reddy, former TTD executive officer Dharma Reddy and several other TTD employees were interrogated by several police officers. In a related development, the High Court on Wednesday directed the CID to arrest complainant Y. Instructed to submit post mortem report of Satish Kumar.
Satish Kumar, former assistant vigilance and security officer of TTD and complainant in the theft case, was found dead under mysterious circumstances on November 14 on the railway track in Komali village near Tadipatri in Anantapur district. The post-mortem revealed that he had been hit on the back of his head with a sharp object.
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