Thrissur, Oct 18 ( IANS) The arrest of Unnikrishnan Potti, the prime accused in the Sabarimala gold plating scam case, has triggered a political storm, with former BJP state president K. Surendran on Saturday alleging that the state government delayed the arrest to protect big sharks.

Surendran expressed concern that the investigation would “scratch only the surface” by targeting a few senior officials of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), while sparing those at the top of the political hierarchy.

“Former Devaswom Board president A. Padmakumar and former Commissioner N. Vasu were aware of the irregularities. Nothing happens in the Devaswom Board without the knowledge of the top leadership of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Everyone in Kerala knows how the party functions,” he s

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