Overview

• Travancore Devaswom Board president P. S. Prasanth said the Board will petition the Kerala High Court after the Pooja break for a comprehensive inquiry spanning 1998/1999–2025 under a retired judge’s court‑supervised inventory.
• TDB Vigilance has summoned sponsor Unnikrishnan Potti for questioning on Saturday after recovering a Dwarapalaka pedestal from a relative’s home; he denies wrongdoing and says he will cooperate.
• Official records note a sharp weight drop in the Dwarapalaka plates — 42.8 kg in 2019 versus 38.258 kg when presented in 2025 — and the High Court is probing their removal and dispatch to Chennai without required sanction.
• Investigators report missing registers, including documents tied to Vijay Mallya’s 1999 donation, complicating verification of how much gold was used or lost.
• Opposition leaders from the Congress and BJP demand a CBI or higher‑agency probe under court monitoring, citing a 39–40 day gap before the plates reached the Chennai firm and the use of intermediaries.