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Kerala Devaswom Minister K. Muraleedharan connected Monday said helium had asked the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) to retreat a caller circular appointing officials facing probe successful the Sabarimala golden nonaccomplishment lawsuit to cardinal positions successful the board.
Speaking to reporters successful Guruvayur, Mr. Muraleedharan said helium had written to TDB president K. Jayakumar connected Saturday seeking withdrawal of the circular.
“The committee has autarkic powers and the authorities cannot straight interfere successful its decisions. Even then, I person demanded that the circular appointing radical facing probe successful the Sabarimala golden nonaccomplishment lawsuit to cardinal posts beryllium withdrawn,” helium said.
Mr. Muraleedharan said helium believed Mr. Jayakumar, though appointed by the erstwhile LDF government, was functioning impartially.
“If the circular is not corrected, the State authorities volition presume that the existent committee besides has engagement successful the golden nonaccomplishment incident,” helium said.
The Minister said the Devaswom section could determine connected further enactment successful the golden nonaccomplishment lawsuit lone aft the peculiar probe squad (SIT) files its chargesheets successful the 2 cases.
The SIT is yet to record chargesheets successful 2 cases related to the alleged golden loss, helium said.
“If flaws are recovered successful the chargesheets, the Cabinet volition determine connected further investigations,” Mr. Muraleedharan said.
“We volition intervene if the findings successful the chargesheets are not satisfactory,” helium said.
He besides said much revelations regarding Sabarimala were apt to emerge.
“Former Devaswom Minister V N Vasavan himself has said that much revelations are to come. When caller revelations emerge, investigations volition beryllium conducted based connected them,” helium said.
Mr. Vasavan had precocious indicated that much disclosures could aboveground pursuing reports that erstwhile TDB president and erstwhile MLA A. Padmakumar was penning a publication detailing alleged irregularities related to the temple and the introduction of 2 women determination pursuing the Supreme Court verdict.
Meanwhile, Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said media reports regarding Mr. Padmakumar’s purported revelations did not warrant a caller probe.
“Padmakumar is simply a premier accused successful the Sabarimala golden nonaccomplishment case. If helium makes immoderate revelations, the SIT volition analyse whether they are relevant. There is nary request for a caller investigation,” Mr. Chennithala told reporters.
The Minister noted that Mr. Padmakumar, who was arrested by the SIT, had secured statutory bail aft 90 days successful custody.
