The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the disappearance of gold from the Sabarimala temple in Kerala has arrested suspended administrative officer B Murari Babu, PTI sources said on Thursday (October 23).

Babu, who had been suspended by the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) following the missing gold row, was taken into custody from his residence in Changanassery on Wednesday night (October 22), said officials.

He was subsequently taken to the Crime Branch office in Thiruvananthapuram for interrogation, according to officials. Babu’s relatives arrived at the Crime Branch office on Thursday morning.

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At around 10 am, the SIT formally recorded Babu’s arrest and informed his relatives of the procedure

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