In a recent development in the Sabarimala gold theft case, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) took the prime accused, Unnikrishnan Potty, to Bengaluru on Friday (October 24).

The officials have been in the process of collecting evidence ever since the court granted them custody of Potty.

The SIT team, accompanied by Potty, left the Crime Branch office in Thiruvananthapuram for Bengaluru early in the morning of October 24. According to the sources, the team is likely to travel to Chennai and Hyderabad with Potty for further investigation.

The Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Ranni, on October 17, had granted the SIT custody of Potty till October 30. So the team has hastened the investigation to complete the evidence collection before the custody period ends.

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