More Gold Looted From Sabarimala Temple Than Initial Findings, SIT Tells Kerala Court

SIT revealed more gold was looted from Sabarimala temple, including Shiva idol and Dasharadha plates. Gold was extracted at Smart Creations.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the Sabarimala temple gold theft, told a Kerala court that more gold was looted from the temple. In the custody application submitted before the Vigilance court, SIT said there was more gold looted from the temple than the initial findings.

Seven gold-clad copper plates, apart from the earlier Dwarapalaka idols and door frame, were stolen in a similar manner. These seven include a Shiva idol and Dasharadha plates, SIT told the court.

According to findings by SIT, the gold was extracted using a chemical mixture at Smart Creations in Chennai, owned by the ninth accused, Pankaj Bhandari, and is in the possession of him and Govardhan Roddam of Roddam Jewellers in Karnataka.

SIT also filed a custody application for further questioning of the prime accused, Unnikrishnan Potty, the ninth accused, Pankaj Bhandari, and the tenth accused, Govardhan.

Earlier, on November 26, SIT took into custody A. Padmakumar, former Sabarimala Executive Committee President and CPM Pathanamthitta District Committee member, in connection with the case.Unnikrishnan Potti, the prime accused, was reportedly taken into custody by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on October 17. The SIT, which is investigating the matter, submitted its second report to the Kerala High Court, revealing serious irregularities in the minutes of the Travancore Devaswom Board. Sabarimala Gold Theft Case

The Sabarimala gold controversy centres on allegations of irregularities in the gold plating at the Sabarimala temple. This situation arose from a 1998 donation of 30.3 kilograms of gold and 1,900 kilograms of copper by industrialist Vijay Mallya, intended for the cladding of the sanctum sanctorum and the wooden carvings of the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple in Kerala. News is originally taken from: https://bit.ly/4pfo3JR

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