Jammu, Aug. 5 -- A local court has sought detailed inquiry report from the Jammu and Kashmir Police into the alleged Rs.550-crore "fake silver" offerings row at the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine.

The court of the chief judicial magistrate, Jammu, headed by Munish Kumar Manhas, directed the deputy superintendent of police, Vaishno Devi Bhawan in Katra, to submit a detailed inquiry report and take appropriate action regarding the facts stated in an application seeking urgent preservation of the evidence.

The directions were passed on July 29. The matter has been listed for further proceedings on August 18.

The proceedings stemmed from an application filed by advocate Deepak Sharma. Sharma had submitted a complaint to the inspector general of ...