Jammu, July 14 -- The chief judicial magistrate, Jammu, on Monday, directed the inquiry officer of the crime branch to appear personally with the relevant record pertaining to alleged fake silver offerings worth over Rs.550-crore at the Vaishno Devi shrine.

The court headed by Munish Kumar Manhas has fixed July 29 as the next date of hearing.

The direction was passed following an application filed by J&K and Ladakh high court lawyer Deepak Sharma, who had earlier submitted a detailed complaint before the inspector general of police (IGP), crime branch, Jammu, and the senior superintendent of police, crime branch, Economic Offences Wing, Jammu.

Sharma had sought registration of an FIR and a comprehensive investigation into the alleged a...