Overview

• The Kerala High Court formed a Special Investigation Team led operationally by SP S. Sasidharan under the oversight of ADGP H. Venkatesh, directing a confidential probe with a report due within a month.
• Retired Justice K. T. Sankaran is conducting a secured inventory and valuation of Sabarimala valuables under the court’s orders.
• Travancore Devaswom Board suspended senior officer B. Murari Babu for a 2019 report that described gold-plated Dwarapalaka coverings as copper; he has denied wrongdoing.
• Court records note that items sent for plating in 2019 returned weighing 38.258 kg, reflecting a shortfall of about 4.5 kg, with handover documents labeling the claddings as copper and sponsor Unnikrishnan Potty transporting them to Chennai.
• Opposition MLAs forced a third straight day of Assembly disruptions demanding the Devaswom minister’s resignation, Congress and Sabarimala Ayyappa Seva Samajam sought a CBI probe, and the chief minister said no offender would be spared.