Dehradun, July 14 -- Pocketless clothes, strict frisking of staff members and more CCTV cameras in the donation counting room are three primary recommendations from an internal panel of the Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC), set up to audit temple funds after an employee was allegedly found stealing currency notes and gold and silver coins.

The investigation into financial irregularities at the much-revered Badrinath temple centres on the handling of donations offered to the deity. The irregularities came to light during the counting of cash offerings made by devotees on July 2.

Police have since registered an FIR against suspended BKTC employee Pramod Nautiyal, who was serving as a personal assistant in the office of the BKTC...