[ad_1] Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. | Photo Credit: PTI The Kozhikode city police have registered a case against senior Congress leader and KPCC Political Affairs Committee member N. Subrahmanian for allegedly sharing an AI-generated photograph depicting Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan along with Sabarimala gold theft suspect Unnikrishnan Potti. The case was filed at Chevayur […]
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[ad_1] CPI leader P. Santosh Kuma noted that the Congress and the BJP used the Sabarimala theft case to cast suspicion about the government in the minds of the electorate. Photo Credit: Wikipedia The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Monday (December 15, 2025) signalled that the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple gold theft scandal implicating Communist […]
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[ad_1] (file image) | Photo Credit: LEJU KAMAL The Kerala High Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) probing the misappropriation of gold-plated panels from the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple has recorded the statements of two tantris (chief priests) of the temple. Officials said the SIT had summoned Tantri Kandararu Rajeevaru and Tantri Kandararu Mohanaru to the Kerala […]
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[ad_1] Congress general secretary K. C. Venugopal | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP Accusing the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government of “hurting the sentiments of lakhs of Ayyappa devotees by aiding the theft of gold” from Sabarimala, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary K.C. Venugopal, MP, has said the Congress party would not step […]
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[ad_1] TDB’s Vigilance wing had held Murari Babu responsible for allegedly providing a false report that the gilded overlays, earmarked for restoration in 2019, contained no gold and were made of pure copper before handing them over to Unnikrishnan Potti, the prime suspect, for repair. | Photo Credit: LEJU KAMAL The Kerala High Court-appointed special […]
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[ad_1] Unnikrishnan Potti, the prime accused in the Sabarimala gold theft case. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the loss of gold from Sabarimala is expected to file its first progress report to the Kerala High Court soon, police sources said on Monday (October 20, 2025). The division bench of […]
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[ad_1] Sabarimala temple priest S. Arunkumar Namboothiri opening the temple sanctorum for annual temple festival. | Photo Credit: LEJU KAMAL The Kerala high court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the “misappropriation” of gold-plated copper moulds covering the stone carvings and sculptures at the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple has arrested Unnikrishnan Potti, the prime accused in the […]
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[ad_1] The Kerala Police’s special investigation team (SIT) probing the alleged misappropriation and possible replication of gold-plated religious artefacts from Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple in 2019 has reportedly expanded its investigation to Hyderabad in Telangana. Officials privy to the probe say the SIT appears to have preliminary evidence that the gold-inlaid copper overlays covering the stone […]
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[ad_1] The police resort to a lathicharge as the BJP’s protest march to the Collectorate over the Sabarimala temple gold-plating controversy turned violent in Palakkad on Thursday. | Photo Credit: K K Mustafah A march taken out by the BJP to the district Collectorate here on Thursday in protest against the alleged theft of gold […]
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[ad_1] Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan | Photo Credit: H.VIBHU Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Opposition in Kerala on Saturday (October 4, 2025) demanded a High Court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged misappropriation of valuable gold-plated copper foils covering the intricate stone carvings, including sculptures, at the Sabarimala temple. Leader […]
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