Leaders say SIT probe should take its course

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Expressing dissatisfaction with the Kerala High Court-appointed peculiar probe squad astatine the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Sunny Joseph MLA said adjacent though elder Tantri Kandararu Rajeevaru had been arrested, the SIT had not extended probe to the higher-ups, including erstwhile Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran.

He said Sabarimala devotees and the radical of Kerala had the close to cognize connected what ground the erstwhile Minister was questioned arsenic good arsenic astir the outcome.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) person Kummanam Rajasekharan said it was achy and shocking that the elder Tantri was arrested, but helium had a work to beryllium his innocence. He besides expressed doubts astir the efficacy of the SIT investigation.

He said respective questions stay connected whether the probe had extended to the halfway issue. It had besides failed to bring CPI(M) leaders to book, helium said.

Left Democratic Front (LDF) convener T.P. Ramakrishnan said the government’s hands were clean. He said that attempts were made to dispersed falsehoods regarding the golden theft to mislead the people, but the information would look eventually, adjacent if it took time.

Countering Mr. Ramakrishnan, Congress person Ramesh Chennithala asked arsenic to however 3 CPI(M) leaders ended up successful jailhouse if the government’s hands were clean. Regarding the elder Tantri’s arrest, helium said that nary 1 was supra the law. “Let the instrumentality instrumentality its ain course,” helium said.

Published - January 09, 2026 08:56 p.m. IST

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