Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 21 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate’s late-night raids across three states have marked a significant escalation in the Sabarimala gold heist probe, with the central agency for the first time entering the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) headquarters and seizing key records.The coordinated operation, conducted at 21 locations linked to 22 individuals — including 13 accused currently in judicial custody — has sent shockwaves through Kerala’s political and administrat…
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Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 20 (IANS) The political temperature in Kerala rose sharply on Tuesday as the BJP escalated its campaign over the Sabarimala gold theft case, organising protest marches to the residences of two key CPI(M) leaders — former Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran in Thiruvananthapuram and incumbent Devaswom Minister V.N. Vasavan in Kottayam.The protests came amid growing scrutiny of the alleged gold smuggling from the Sabarimala temple, a case that has triggered parallel …
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 …
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…
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…
Kochi, Jan 15 (IANS) The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) on Thursday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe alleged financial irregularities in the sale of Adiya Sishtam Ghee at the Sabarimala temple, acting on strong observations and directions issued by the Kerala High Court earlier this week.The special team will be headed by Superintendent of Police (SP) Mahesh Kumar.The development comes at a time when Sabarimala is already under intense public and institutional…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 14 (IANS) The investigation into the high-profile Sabarimala gold theft case took a decisive turn on Wednesday with the arrest of former Travancore Devaswom Board member K.P. Sankaradas.The arrest was formally recorded by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram, where Sankaradas has been undergoing treatment.With this, the total number of arrests made in the case has risen to 13.A team led by Superintendent of Police S.P. Sashidhar…
Kochi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the Kerala High Court is set to arrest Sabarimala ‘Tantri (priest)’ K Rajeevar in a second case, following fresh permission granted by the vigilance court, further deepening the high-profile investigation into alleged irregularities linked to the Sabarimala temple.The SIT has so far filed two separate charge sheets, naming 15 individuals as accused.The tantri was arrested last week in connection with one of the cases register…
Ernakulam, Jan 12 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Monday orally suggested that the State consider enacting a comprehensive law to protect temple properties, with stringent penal provisions to address dereliction of duty and misappropriation.The observation came during the hearing of bail pleas in the Sabarimala gold theft case, which has raised serious questions about safeguards governing temple assets.Justice A. Badharudeen made the suggestion while considering bail applications filed by former…
Kochi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Monday issued a scathing rebuke of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) handling the Sabarimala gold theft case over its failure to arrest accused K.P. Sankaradas.The bench noted that Sankaradas, a former member of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), has been hospitalised since being named as an accused and that his son, a top police official, accompanied him to the hospital, questioning the legitimacy of the reasons given for his non-arrest.The cri…