Overview
- Former Travancore Devaswom Board official Murari Babu received statutory bail in both the Dwarapalaka idol and Sreekovil doorframe cases after investigators missed the 90-day deadline.
- Prime accused Unnikrishnan Potti remains in custody in the doorframe case despite earlier statutory bail in the idol matter, with the filing deadline still pending.
- The Vigilance court granted one-day custody of senior tantri Kandararu Rajeevaru for interrogation and later extended his remand by 14 days, with a bail hearing set for January 28.
- The Special Investigation Team submitted metal samples from old temple doors and a seized hard disk to the court seeking forensic and expert analysis, with a High Court–mandated status report due by February 9.
- Opposition leaders, including V. D. Satheeshan and K. C. Venugopal, alleged government pressure on the SIT that enabled bail through delays, with Congress announcing protests on January 27.