A Vigilance Court in Kollam on Monday granted statutory bail to former Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) member K.P. Shankaradas in the Sabarimala gold theft cases. With this order, all accused individuals in the case have now been released from jail.
The Kerala High Court on Friday declined to interfere in the Sabarimala gold theft investigation, stating that a very meticulous investigation is being carried out by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which includes some of the best persons in the country.
Vasu appeared for the interrogation at around 10.30 am on Tuesday at the ED Office in Kochi. The Central agency is probing into potential money laundering linked to the Sabarimala gold theft case.
The court imposed stringent conditions while granting bail. Vasu has been barred from entering Pathanamthitta district and is prohibited from leaving the state.
A single bench of Justice Badaruddin criticised the SIT while considering a plea filed by Pankaj Bhandari, an accused in the case, seeking his release from jail by quashing his inclusion as an accused in the case.
In the Sabarimala gold theft case, Unnikrishnan Potti, the prime accused, has reportedly been taken into custody by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Thursday.
A team of the SIT reached his residence at Pulimath on Thursday afternoon and later took him to an undisclosed location for questioning. Information, including whether an arrest has been recorded, is yet to be known.
Expressing concern that the special investigation team (SIT), constituted by the High Court, may be influenced by the current ruling dispensation, whose leaders are also allegedly involved in the case, the VHP has demanded a CBI probe.
A scuffle broke out between the police and Yuva Morcha activists when the protesters attempted to break through the barricades placed in front of the Secretariat.
The Kerala High Court on Friday directed the state police chief to instruct the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to register a case concerning the missing gold from the Dwarapalaka idol at Sabarimala Ayyappa temple.
