Thiruvananthapuram: A Bengaluru-based Malayali is under a cloud of suspicion in the suspected missing of gold from Sabariamala Ayyappa temples gold plating.

An ongoing probe by the Travancore Devaswom Board's (TDB) vigilance wing suspects that Unnikrishnan Potti, who offered the gold plating for the 'Dwarapalaka' (guarding) idols of Sabarimala temple's sanctum sanctorum , had indulged in massive fund raising from various states for the gold plating.

A couple of Bengaluru based businessmen were also suspected to have colluded with him. Parts of gold plating of Sabarimala were also said to be displayed at Sri Ayyappan temple at Srirampura in Bengaluru in 2019 as part of the fund raising.

Potti, who is now in Thiruvananthapuram, has denied the allegations. He told reporters that he would p

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