India, Nov. 15 -- A Mumbai-based advocate has urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to take suo motu cognisance of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) ghee scandal, wherein 68 lakh kilograms of allegedly adulterated ghee was supplied to the temple over five years. The adulterated ghee was used to make prasadam for lakhs of devotees, which constituted "a national betrayal of faith", advocate Hitendra Gandhi said in his complaint, urging the NHRC to "safeguard the health, faith, and dignity of millions of citizens".

"This is just not about one trust, one state, or one religion. To allow deceit and corruption in this space is to turn worship into a transaction and holiness into a hazard. NHRC's intervention is necessary to ...