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The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the disappearance of gold from the Sabarimala temple, on Tuesday, November 11, arrested former Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) president N Vasu. The arrest comes after two days of questioning at the Crime Branch office, and marks one of the most high-profile developments in the case so far.

Vasu, who had earlier served twice as TDB Commissioner before becoming its president, was taken into custody after investigators reportedly found evidence linking him to irregularities in the documentation of the temple’s gold assets. According to SIT, gold used for plating the sanctum sanctorum (Sreekovil) door frames had allegedly been recorded as copper on Vasu’s instructions. He will be produced be

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