
Sabarimala gold theft case: High Court slams TDB, flays SIT for not arresting K.P. Sankara Das
Coming down heavily on the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), the Kerala High Court on Monday asked what role the board played, if all major responsibil...
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High court on Tuesday ordered a vigilance probe into the alleged misappropriation of proceeds from the sale of ‘aadiya sishtam ghee' (the ghee left over after the Neyyabhishekam offering) at the Sabarimala Sannidhanam. A bench of Justices V Raja Vijayaraghavan and K V Jayakumar passed the order while considering a report submitted by the Sabarimala special commissioner, which sought a detailed vigilance investigation into the alleged misappropriation of funds from the sale of the ghee. HC noted that the alleged misappropriation during the periods from Nov 17, 2025, to Dec 26, 2026, and from Dec 27, 2025, to Jan 2, 2026, was estimated to be around Rs 35 lakh. The court directed the vigilance director to constitute a team of competent officers and initiate steps to register a crime based on the report of TDB's chief vigilance and security officer.

The court has directed the Vigilance director to form a team and register a crime to ‘ascertain the full extent of the misappropriation of funds by TDB employees in relation to the sale of Adiya Sishtam Ghee’.

Coming down heavily on the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), the Kerala High Court on Monday asked what role the board played, if all major responsibil...

The first phase relates to the gold cladding of various adornments and artefacts in and around the Sreekovil of Sabarimala. (Source: File)The probe into the alleged theft of gold from the Sabarimala temple...

The Kerala High Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) was questioning Sabarimala tantri (chief priest) Kantararu Rajivaru as part of its on...

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday denied any interference by his office in the probe by the special investigation team (SIT) in the gold the...

Rishabh Thakur (24), a key accused in the disruption of a birthday celebration allegedly by vigilantes at a cafe in Bareilly, has three criminal cases registered against him at Subhash Nagar police station,...

The Kerala High Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) is reportedly poised to summon a Dindigal-based businessperson, who allegedly goes by...