GURUVAYUR: Clerk suspended for financial fraud at Vazhipadu counter of Guruvayur temple. UD Clerk Vishnu Murali, a native of Thamarayur, was suspended by the Devaswom administrator as part of the investigation. The fraud happened at the Vazhipadu ticket counter.

The complaint is that while the clerks of the adjacent counter were going out, tickets were issued from those counters, and the money from that counter was taken. When the incident of money missing from the counter was repeated, other clerks brought the information to the attention of the temple's deputy administrator.

Deputy Administrator P Manoj Kumar found in the investigation that fraud had taken place. Subsequently, Vishnu was suspended pending investigation based on the report given to the administrator. Administrator KP Vinayan said that he will lodge a complaint with the police.