Unnikrishnan Potty, the main accused in the Sabarimala gold missing case, misappropriated around two kilograms of gold from the Dwarapalaka (guardian deity) idols after sponsoring their electroplating in 2019, the SIT said in its remand report.

A Special Investigation Team (SIT) is probing the Sabarimala gold missing case. Investigation officer S Sasidharan filed the remand report before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Ranni, Kerala, on Friday (October 17), when Potty was arrested and produced as part of the remand procedure.

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The court has sent Potty to the SIT’s custody until October 30. As per the report, Potty, who worked as an assistant to the temple priest at Sabarimala between 2004 and 2008

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