Kochi, March 24 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Tuesday approached the Kerala High Court seeking cancellation of bail granted to tantri Kantarar Rajeevar in the second case linked to the alleged Sabarimala gold theft, intensifying legal scrutiny over the high-profile probe.The court has decided to consider both petitions together, including an earlier appeal in the Dwarapalaka plank case.The first appeal pertains to the Dwarapalaka plank case, where bail was granted on the 41st da…
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Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 20 (IANS) BJP leader Sandeep Vachaspati has accused political leaders of orchestrating a “conspiracy” targeting Kantarar Rajeevar, the tantri (priest) in the Sabarimala gold theft case.Sandeep Vachaspati is one often seen translating the speeches of top BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others when they are visiting the state.He said this in a social media post following the bail of the temple’s tantri on Thursday.Sandeep Vachaspati’s post hi…
Kollam (Kerala), Feb 10 (IANS) The Kerala High Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Tuesday strongly opposed the bail plea of jailed Sabarimala temple tantri Kantarar Rajeevar before the Kollam Vigilance Court, citing the accumulation of “huge and disproportionate wealth” and his alleged long-standing association with the prime accused in the Sabarimala gold heist case.Arguing that bail should not be granted “under any circumstances”, the SIT informed the court that the tantri had…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 16 (IANS) A 2012 order issued by the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) Commissioner, which surfaced on Friday, has come under sharp focus in the wake of the Sabarimala gold heist case, raising serious questions about the 2017 handing over of the temple’s ‘Vajivahanam’ to the arrested tantri, Kantarar Rajeevar, who is in judicial custody.In 2017, the then UDF-appointed Travancore Devaswom Board, headed by former Congress MLA Prayar Gopalakrishnan, handed over the Vajivahan…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 10 (IANS) AICC General Secretary and MP K.C. Venugopal on Saturday cautioned that the investigation into the Sabarimala gold theft case should not result in a situation where a “minister” is protected by placing the blame solely on the tantric (priest).Both the Congress and the BJP have been alleging that the role of senior CPI(M) legislator Kadakampally Surendran- a former Devasom Minister, has to be properly scrutinised, even when he was questioned and later let off by …