Unnikrishnan Potty, who is under investigation for the alleged irregularities in the gold plating of the Dwarapalaka idols at the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple in Kerala, appeared before the Devaswom Board Vigilance for questioning on Sunday.

This is the second consecutive day he has appeared before the investigators. Yesterday, the Devaswom Vigilance team interrogated him for four hours.

The investigators reportedly asked him about the money he collected from others as a sponsorship for gold plating the Dwarapalaka idols. According to the officials, he took out the Dwarapalaka idols for gold plating in 2019.

Unnikrishnan Potty had alleged on live television that the plaques he had gifted to the temple as an offering in 2019 were missing.

The allegation prompted the Kerala High Court

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