Overview
- The SIT completed evidence collection in Ballari, Bengaluru and Chennai with prime accused Unnikrishnan Potti and returned to Kerala on Sunday.
- Raids at Roddam Jewellers in Ballari, Potti’s Bengaluru residence and Chennai’s Smart Creations yielded more than 400 grams of gold, gold coins and cash, with items to be produced in court.
- Potti remains in police custody until October 30 as investigators examine the diversion of gold from the Dwarapalaka claddings sent for plating in 2019.
- Former Sabarimala administrative officer B. Murari Babu is under arrest in the same case, with a court warrant seeking his production on October 28 following a 14‑day remand.
- Retired judge K. T. Sankaran is inventorying valuables at the Aranmula strongroom as the SIT verifies how much gold is unaccounted for, with larger loss figures reported elsewhere not yet corroborated.