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A time aft signaling the statements of officials of Chennai-based Smart Creation which electroplated the gold-clad copper coverings of the Dwarapalakas (guardian deity) idols successful Sabarimala, the Travancore Devaswom Board’s (TDB) Vigilance and Security Wing submitted its study to the Kerala High Court connected Friday (October 10, 2025).
The High Court has directed the handing implicit of the Vigilance study to the State Police Chief, who ought to nonstop the SIT to registry a lawsuit regarding the simplification successful value of the gold-cladded copper coverings.
The study is expected to beryllium handed implicit to the peculiar probe squad (SIT) that was formed earlier this week arsenic per the High Court’s directions to probe the alleged irregularities that led to simplification successful the value of gold-clad copper coverings by implicit 4.5 kg since 2019. The SIT is led by S. Sasidharan, SP, nether the supervision of H. Venkitesh, Additional DGP.
The SIT tin besides probe aspects specified arsenic whether determination were irregularities successful the gold-cladding works done successful the frames and astir the 474.90 gram of golden that had been taken disconnected the copper coverings anterior to the electroplating enactment and which is reportedly yet to beryllium accounted for.
The absorption to signifier the SIT was earlier passed by a Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar aft the TDB’s Vigilance helping submitted an interim study connected the matter.
The probe is successful transportation with the simplification successful value of the idols aft they were sent to the steadfast successful Chennai for electroplating by Unnikrishnan Potti.
