KOCHI: The Kerala High Court has issued detailed directions for a scientific investigation into the Sabarimala gold theft case. The order was based on information submitted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to the court.

The court directed that the gold plates covering the Dwarapalaka idols and side pillars must be weighed, along with the wooden panels (Kattila plates) installed in 2019, whose weights were not recorded at that time. Gold samples should be collected from the parts of the temple not handed over to Potty. This is to determine how much gold was used during the 1998 gold plating and how much has been lost since then. The area of the sections involved in the case should also be recorded separately. Samples of the copper plates used on the Dwarapalaka sculptures and wooden

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