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Travancore Devaswom Board’s (TDB) Vigilance and Security Wing present connected Thursday recorded the statements of officials from Chennai-based Smart Creation who electroplated gold-clad plates of the Dwarapalakas (guardian deity) idols successful Sabarimala, officials said.
The TDB Vigilance and Security Wing, acting connected directions from the Kerala High Court, is conducting a preliminary probe into the simplification successful value of the Dwarapalakas aft they were sent for electroplating.
According to TDB officials, 2 persons, including Smart Creation CEO Pankaj Bhandari, gave their statements arsenic portion of the probe astatine the TDB bureau here.
The plates were electroplated by Smart Creation successful 2019 and 2025.
Earlier, the TDB Vigilance and Security Wing had interrogated Unnikrishnan Potty, who had sponsored the electroplating successful 2019.
The Vigilance and Security Wing volition taxable a study to the Kerala High Court connected Friday, aft which a Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the tribunal volition statesman its probe.
