Overview

• State BJP chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the party will ask the Centre for a CBI or ED investigation if Devaswom Minister V. N. Vasavan does not step down.
• Chandrasekhar also called for the Travancore Devaswom Board to be disbanded, alleging the body has failed in its stewardship of the shrine.
• BJP’s Mahila Morcha led a protest to the State Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram, where activists blocked the road and demanded the minister’s resignation.
• The Kerala High Court earlier directed police to register a criminal case after noting reduced weight in gold-clad plates on Sabarimala’s Dwarapalaka idols.
• Unnikrishna Potti, named as the prime accused in two SIT FIRs, was reported to have been picked up by police, while his counsel said his whereabouts and court production remained unclear.