Overview
- Kollam Vigilance Court denied bail to former Travancore Devaswom Board president A. Padmakumar after prosecutors argued there is sufficient evidence against him.
- Kerala High Court reserved its decision on former TDB official R. Murari Babu’s regular bail and asked for minutes of the board meeting related to handing over the items.
- The Bench cautioned against selective arrests and urged a thorough inquiry that ropes in all devaswom officials linked to the decisions under scrutiny.
- Prime accused Unnikrishnan Potti’s regular bail plea will be taken up on December 18, with submissions noting the 60-day custody limit without a chargesheet for IPC offences.
- Police say six people have been arrested across the two cases tied to missing gold from the Dwarapalaka idols and the sanctum door frames at Sabarimala.