On Monday, the top court had questioned Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu’s claim that adulterated ghee containing animal fat was used to make laddus at the temple

Dwaraka Tirumala Rao, the Andhra Pradesh DGP announced that the SIT investigation into the Tirupati Laddu prasadam case will be suspended until October 3.

Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan emphasised that his government would probe the violations that took place during the previous YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) regime.

On Tuesday, Pawan Kalyan told reporters that the desecration of Tirumala temple in the last five years under the YSRCP regime, not just the Tirupati Laddu issue, was what prompted him to take up the Prayaschitha Deeksha, and the Laddu episode was merely a trigger.

Tirupati: Andhra Pradesh DGP Ch Dwaraka Tirumala Rao on Tuesday said that the state government constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) will temporarily stall its probe into the alleged 'adulterat

Controversy surrounds Tirupati laddus as lab reports suggest animal fat adulteration, sparking FSSAI investigation and Supreme Court intervention.

The development comes a day after the Supreme Court raised a slew of questions to the Andhra Pradesh government over the Tirupati laddu controversy.

On Monday, the SIT inspected the flour mill in Tirumala where the ghee is stored and tested in the lab before being used in the preparation of laddus

After Supreme Court censured Chandrababu Naidu's statement on animal fat in Tirupati prasadam, TDP doubled down on the CM's allegations.