The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the special investigation team (SIT) probing cases related to the Sabarimala “missing gold” scandal to “uncover the larger conspiracy behind the pilferage of the sacred values of Sabarimala temple”.

After considering the interim report submitted by the SIT, a Bench of Justices Raja Vijayaraghavan and K V Jayakumar said the probe “shall extend to uncovering the larger conspiracy, identifying the officials of the Travancore Devaswom Board (the state-run body that manages the temple) who may have colluded to conceal the misappropriation of gold from the gold-cladded plates, and determining whether the entrustment of the Dwarapalakas (gold-plated idols near the sanctum sanctorum) in the year 2025 formed part of a broader scheme to suppress the pilfera

See Full Page