Earlier on Wednesday, a devotee claimed that he found a millipede in his curd rice while lunch was being served at the temple at 1.30 pm.

Amidst huge row over alleged use of adulterated ghee for making laddu prasadam at Tirupati Venkateshwara temple, a devotee has alleged he found millipede in Anna prasadam served at the temple. The temple board, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, refuted the allegations and called them “false and unfounded”.

Naidu on October 4 welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to establish a SIT comprising officials from CBI, Andhra Pradesh Police and FSSAI officers to investigate the issue of adulteration of the Tirupati laddu.

The claims of insects in the Tirupati temple offerings have emerged amid weeks of outrage about the alleged presence of animal fat in their infamous laddu