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A tribunal successful Kollam connected Friday granted statutory bail to erstwhile Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) administrative serviceman Murari Babu successful 2 cases related to the alleged golden nonaccomplishment from the Sabarimala temple.
Kollam Vigilance Court Judge Mohit C.S. granted bail to Mr. Babu arsenic 90 days had elapsed since his arrest, and the Special Investigation Team (SIT) had failed to record chargesheets successful the 2 cases.
Mr. Babu is the 2nd accused successful the lawsuit related to the alleged golden nonaccomplishment from the Dwarapalaka (guardian deity) idol plates and the sixth accused successful the lawsuit pertaining to the alleged golden nonaccomplishment from the doorframes of the Sreekovil (sanctum sanctorum).
Mr. Babu, who is presently lodged astatine a Special Sub Jail successful Thiruvananthapuram, is expected to beryllium released by Friday evening.
He volition beryllium the archetypal idiosyncratic arrested successful the Sabarimala golden nonaccomplishment cases to beryllium released from jail.
He was arrested successful October past twelvemonth connected allegations that, erstwhile the premier accused, Unnikrishnan Potti, projected electroplating the Dwarapalaka idols and the Sreekovil doorframes, Babu forwarded the connection to the TDB.
He was arrested connected charges of conspiracy related to the alleged golden loss.
At the clip of his arrest, Mr. Babu was serving arsenic Deputy Devaswom Commissioner successful Haripad and was subsequently suspended from work aft the golden nonaccomplishment incidental came to airy past year.
Earlier, Mr. Potti was granted statutory bail by the tribunal successful the Dwarapalaka idol case.
The SIT has truthful acold arraigned 16 radical arsenic accused successful the Dwarapalaka idol lawsuit and 13 radical successful the Sreekovil doorframe case.
However, Kerala High Court precocious expressed restitution with the advancement of the probe and said an in-depth probe was nether way.
