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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Media scribe taken under custody for selling tickets

Tirumala, Jun 15 : Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Vigilance officials have taken into custody a media scribe for enquiry here tonight in connection with selling seva tickets.While checking the tickets of pilgrims, a four-member pilgrim party from Thadepallegudem in West Godavari district stated that they had purchased two Archana, four Suprabhatam and two Astadala Pada Padmaradhanamu seva tickets from a leading electronic media scribe, working in Tirumala.The tickets were taken under discretionary quota from Joint Executive camp office in Tirumala for Rs 40,000 against the actual price of Rs 6,840, a TTD vigilance official said.After receiving the recorded statement from the pilgrim party, the scribe and former APUWJ district secretary Mr Reddy, who is also state executive member for APUWJ, were taken into custody for investigation, the official added.However, TTD Executive officer Mr I Y R Krishna Rao has not confirmed the custody of Mr Reddy.
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