Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 25 (IANS) The CPI(M) on Sunday reiterated its full support for the ongoing investigation into the Sabarimala gold theft case, rejecting allegations by the Congress that the Kerala government was attempting to derail the probe by influencing the Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the High Court.Speaking to the media, CPI(M) State Secretary M.V. Govindan said the party’s position on the issue had been consistent from the very beginning. “We have supported the…
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Kollam (Kerala), Jan 23 (IANS) In a significant development in the Sabarimala gold heist case, the Travancore Devaswom Board’s (TDB) suspended Administrative Officer Murari Babu, who has been in judicial custody, was on Friday granted bail by the Kollam Vigilance Court.Murari Babu is the only serving employee of the TDB to have been arrested so far in connection with the high-profile case.In all, the Kerala High Court-appointed SIT has arrested 13 people. Murari Babu was the second to be arreste…
Kochi, Jan 22 (IANS) In fresh action in misappropriation of Rs 6 crore from the Kerala Advocates Welfare Fund Trustee Committee, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Kochi Zonal Office, attached five properties worth Rs 1.78 crore, an official said on Thursday. The ED has attached three immovable properties and two movable properties worth Rs 1.78 crore (approx.) under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, acquired by M.K. Chandran and his family members in Keral…
Kochi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Wednesday came down heavily on former Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) member K.P. Sankaradas, who is in judicial custody in connection with the Sabarimala gold misappropriation case, even as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) widened its probe into what it described as a well-orchestrated money-laundering operation involving temple assets.The court directed the constitution of a medical board to assess Sankaradas’s health condition and examine whethe…
Kochi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Wednesday came down heavily in the Sabarimala gold heist case, observing that what occurred at Sabarimala amounted to an organised plunder and that the accused had acted in concert to loot the assets of Lord Ayyappa.Justice A. Badharudeen made these remarks while dismissing the bail pleas of former Travancore Devaswom Board president A. Padmakumar and co-accused Govardhan and Murari Babu.The order was issued on petitions that had earlier been reserve…
Bengaluru, Jan 20 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) was conducting simultaneous raids in Karnataka’s Bengaluru and Ballari in connection with the sensational theft case of 4.5 kilograms of gold from the famous Sabarimala Ayyappa Swamy temple in Kerala. The raids were being carried out at the residences and properties of the main accused, Unnikrishnan Potti, and other trustees, officials said on Tuesday.Raids are underway at the Roddam Jewellery shop in Ballari and at the premises of its ow…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 20 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), on Tuesday, intensified its probe into the alleged money laundering angle of the Sabarimala gold robbery case, launching coordinated raids at 21 locations across Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.In all, the SIT has by now arrested 13 people, all of whom are in judicial custody.The searches come even as a Special Investigation Team (SIT), functioning under the supervision of the Kerala High Court, continues its parallel criminal …
Kochi, Jan 19 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Monday made scathing observations in the Sabarimala gold theft case, strongly reinforcing suspicions that the gold plates at Lord Ayyappa’s sanctum were systematically removed as part of a planned plunder of Devaswom assets.The Division Bench described the existing inspection reports as “grave and alarming” and raised serious doubts over whether those entrusted with safeguarding temple properties themselves led the alleged crime.While consideri…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 19 (IANS) Kerala Revenue Minister K. Rajan on Monday sought to play down the Pala sub-court verdict on the Cheruvally Estate, asserting that the ruling does not amount to a setback for the Pinarayi Vijayan-led State government.The Pinarayi Vijayan government was going ahead with the project, which, if cleared will become the fifth airport in the state.He maintained that the court had flagged only procedural lapses and had not delivered a conclusive finding on the ownershi…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 17 (IANS) Former Travancore Devaswom Board member and senior CPI leader K.P. Sankaradas, arrested in connection with the Sabarimala gold heist case, was shifted from a private hospital to the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital on Saturday evening, even as the Special Investigation Team (SIT) accelerated the probe ahead of a crucial deadline set by the Kerala High Court.Sankaradas was taken into custody on Wednesday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital…