The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged theft of gold from the Sabarimala temple in Kerala has arrested a former senior official, taking the total number of arrests in the case to three.

Sudheesh Kumar, a former executive officer of the hill shrine, was arrested after hours-long interrogation at the Crime Branch office in Thiruvananthapuram. He will be produced before a local court in Ranni on Saturday.

Kumar is accused of giving false information in the temple records by listing the Dwarapalaka (guardian deity) idols as copper-platted, though they were actually gold-clad.

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