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The Kollam Vigilance Court connected Friday granted conditional statutory bail to A. Padmakumar, Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] person and erstwhile president of the Travancore Devaswom Board, successful transportation with the ‘gold theft’ from the doorway framework of the Sabarimala temple’s sanctum sanctorum. The tribunal allowed the bail plea aft the Special Investigation Team (SIT) failed to record a chargesheet wrong the mandatory 90-day play of his remand.
Mr. Padmakumar, who was arrested connected November 20, 2025, is the eighth accused successful the case, having been implicated successful his capableness arsenic the then-president of the TDB. Despite securing bail successful this circumstantial case, Mr. Padmakumar volition stay successful custody arsenic helium is inactive nether remand for the theft of golden from the temple’s Dwarapalaka (guardian deity) sculptures. Legal representatives for the accused indicated that they mean to record a caller bail exertion for the 2nd lawsuit erstwhile the 90-day remand play concludes.
Those connected bail
The golden theft lawsuit has already seen respective different cardinal figures unafraid their merchandise from jail. Primary accused Unnikrishnan Potti, Tantri Kandararu Rajeevaru, erstwhile administrative serviceman Murari Babu, and erstwhile enforcement officers D. Sudheesh Kumar and S. Sreekumar, arsenic good arsenic erstwhile committee president N. Vasu, person each been granted bail and released.
In a akin ineligible concern to Mr. Padmakumar, erstwhile Thiruvabharanam Commissioner K.S. Baiju besides remains down bars. Although Mr. Baiju was granted statutory bail successful the ‘door frame’ case, his continued detention is owed to a deficiency of bail successful the ‘Dwarapalaka’ sculpture case.
