A Thiruvananthapuram court has ordered lie-detector tests on six employees of the Padmanabhaswamy temple over the disappearance of 13 sovereigns of gold from its strong room. The tests aim to aid police in determining how the gold went missing.

Thiruvananthapuram: In a major development in the Padmanabhaswamy temple gold theft case, the Thiruvananthapuram Judicial Magistrate Court has ordered polygraph (lie-detector) tests on six temple employees in connection with the disappearance of gold from the temple’s strong room.

The Padmanabhaswamy Temple, located in the heart of the state capital city, is among the country’s richest and most revered shrines, and it remained under strict surveillance and court-monitored administration following earlier Supreme Court interventions on its treasur

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