Overview

• Devaswom Vigilance officials plan to interrogate Unnikrishnan Potti on Saturday over alleged fundraising and custodial lapses tied to the gold-plated copper plates.
• Potti has denied wrongdoing and says he will cooperate with the inquiry into the suspected misuse of his temple connections.
• A Kerala High Court–mandated investigation is underway with confidential inventories and scrutiny of registers under judicial oversight, including a judge-led valuation process reported this week.
• Official records show the plates weighed 42.8 kg in 2019 and 38.258 kg in 2025, while TDB Vigilance earlier recovered the gilded plates from Potti’s sister’s residence in Thiruvananthapuram.
• TDB president P. S. Prashanth acknowledged procedural lapses but cited documented holdings, including 467 kg under the RBI monetisation scheme, as opposition leaders demand a CBI probe and the minister flags alleged mediator-driven exploitation of devotees.