Badrinath Dham temple committee's suspended employee arrested in donation 'theft' case

Pramod Nautiyal, the key accused in the alleged donation handling irregularities at the Badrinath temple in Uttarakhand, was arrested from his residence in Dehradun, Uttarakhand Police said on Monday.Nautiyal was arrested by Chamoli Police on Sunday night and taken to Badrinath, where he is being questioned, senior superintendent of police (Chamoli) Surjit Singh Panwar was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.Who is Pramod Nautiyal?Nautiyal worked as the personal assistant to the chairman of the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC). Notably, the BKTC is the statutory body responsible for managing the Badrinath temple and several other shrines in Uttarakhand.He was suspended after a preliminary internal enquiry found alleged irregularities in the handling of donations at Badrinath Dham.A four-member inquiry committee set up by the BKTC found the allegations of irregularities in donation management against Nautiyal to be prima facie true.