MUMBAI, 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 punish the wrongdoers," Gandhi said in his complaint filed with the NHRC on Tuesday. Gandhi, in his complaint, referred to recent investigation reports, which confirmed that a Hardiwar-based company, Bhole Baba Dairy Pvt Ltd, had supplied nearly 68 lakh kilograms of spurious, industrial-grade ghee to the TTD between 2019 and 2024. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) that investigated the case initially as well as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had unearthed forged FSSAI licences, tampered e-way bills, falsified invoices, and counterfeit labels that pointed towards an organised supply-chain conspiracy operating under the temple's procurement system, Gandhi alleged....