Overview

• TDB vigilance questioned Bengaluru-based Unnikrishnan Potti for a second day, with officials citing roughly six hours of interrogation across the weekend.
• Investigators said they will soon submit a report to the Kerala High Court that includes Potti’s statement.
• The probe is examining alleged misappropriation and suspected use of temple artefacts for private worship and possible private fundraising, and officials reported recovering two gold-plated coverings from Potti’s sister’s residence.
• The High Court has noted a reduction in recorded metal weight from the 2019 electroplating in Chennai, a claim disputed by TDB president P. S. Prasanth, who asserts no decrease and says panels were moved under police escort.
• Senior BJP leader Kummanam Rajasekharan called for a wider investigation, alleging gold sheets donated by Vijay Mallya in 1998 have gone missing.