Overview
- Investigators allege N. Vasu, then Devaswom Commissioner, told officials in 2019 to record gold-plated door frames and panels as copper before handing them to contractor Unnikrishnan Potti.
- Vasu was produced in a Pathanamthitta court and remanded for 14 days, with police lodging him at the Kottarakkara Sub Jail, according to PTI reports.
- The SIT has earlier arrested prime accused Potti and three Travancore Devaswom Board officials, with two FIRs covering the Dwarapalaka idols and sanctum door frames.
- Officials say about 4.5 kg of gold from items donated in 1998 is unaccounted for, while roughly 576 grams have been seized during the ongoing probe.
- The Kerala government has named retired IAS officer K. Jayakumar as TDB president from November 14 as the Mandalam–Makaravilakku pilgrimage opens on November 17.