The 2 circumstances pertains to the gold lacking from the temple’s copper plates coverings on the Dwarapalaka idols and the door frames on the Sabarimala temple.
It was alleged that resulting from irregularities by Travancore Devaswom Board officers, Potti had secured permission to sponsor restore works for the objects, enabling him to misappropriate the temple gold of practically 4 kg from the identical.
A number of kilograms of gold was discovered to be lacking when the plates had been measured after restore work and later, among the gold was allegedly recovered by the authorities from Potti’s sister’s home.
An SIT was constituted on the instructions of the Kerala Excessive Court docket and Potti was booked for offences beneath Sections 120B (felony conspiracy), 403 (dishonest misappropriation of property), 406 (felony breach of belief), 409 (felony breach of belief by a public servant), 466 (forgery of court docket or public data) and 467 (forgery of priceless safety), learn with Part 34 (frequent intention) of the IPC, together with Part 13(1)(a) of the Prevention of Corruption (Modification) Act, 2018.
The Enforcement Directorate can be conducting a cash laundering probe in reference to the gold misappropriation.
