Kolkata, Sep 7 (PTI) The Sabarna Roychowdhury Family, erstwhile zamindars of the city, has approached the South 24 Parganas district judge, praying for registration of an FIR into the alleged disappearance of the key to a vault in which valuable assets of the Kalighat’s Kali Temple have been stored.
The district judge of South 24 Parganas serves as the ex-officio chairman of the Kalighat Temple Committee.
In a written complaint to the judge, the Sabarna Roychowdhury Family Council claimed that the key to the vault in a nationalised bank has been missing since 1980, and sought directions for registration of the FIR.
According to the Council’s submission, jewellery offered to the deity by devotees and other valuable articles of the temple have been stored in the vault.
The Council expressed concern that, in the absence of the key, there has been no way to ascertain what the vault currently contains or whether the jewellery and other valuables remain intact, a spokesperson said.
The family, the roots and legacy of which are deeply intertwined with the early history and development of Kolkata, has also sought details of the temple’s assets and relevant property records from the authorities, he said.
Kalighat’s Kali Temple in South Kolkata is one of the 52 Shakti Peeths of India.
Responding to the development, a Temple Committee official said, “We are ready to come up with a suitable reply if the issue surfaces at the district court level.” The Council also claimed that elections to the Temple Committee have not been held since 2014, raising concerns over the monitoring and preservation of the temple’s assets. PTI SUS NN
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