Overview

• Kerala High Court formed a Special Investigation Team led by ADGP H. Venkatesh with IPS S. Sasidharan conducting inquiries under a confidential mandate and a one‑month deadline.
• Devaswom vigilance submitted a preliminary report alleging prima facie misappropriation and said some panels were recovered from the home of sponsor Unnikrishnan Potty’s sister.
• Travancore Devaswom Board suspended Deputy Commissioner B. Murari Babu over a 2019 report that described gold-plated Dwarapalaka coverings as copper; he denied wrongdoing.
• Opposition UDF disrupted the Assembly for a third straight day, demanded Devaswom Minister V. N. Vasavan’s resignation, and later staged a boycott after a scuffle with watch-and-ward staff.
• Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan pledged action against any wrongdoers as calls grew from groups like Sabarimala Ayyappa Seva Samajam for a CBI probe, and a court-ordered inventory continues under retired Justice K. T. Sankaran.