Overview
- Justice A Badharudeen stayed the vigilance court’s observations made while granting bail to tantri Kandararu Rajeevaru on February 18.
- The court issued notice to Rajeevaru on the Special Investigation Team’s appeal and admitted a plea seeking cancellation of his bail.
- State filings, moved through additional public prosecutor P Narayanan and confirmed by DGP T A Shaji, argue the earlier remarks caused a grave miscarriage of justice.
- The SIT’s case centers on July 2019 mahazars and alleges the tantri avoided signing a subsequent record and endorsed a document misdescribing gold‑clad items as copper, enabling their removal.
- Investigators are probing alleged gold loss from the Dwarapalaka idols and Sreekovil door frames; 13 people have been arrested in the wider case, with nine granted bail.