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The Special Investigation Team (SIT) connected Thursday began questioning Unnikrishnan Potti, the premier accused successful the Sabarimala gold-plating scandal, adjacent arsenic his household raised allegations of unauthorised custody.
Official sources said Mr. Potti, a Bengaluru-based businessman, was taken into custody from his residence astatine Pulimath connected Thursday greeting and aboriginal shifted to an undisclosed determination for questioning. He is apt to beryllium arrested and produced earlier a magistrate by Friday.
During the preliminary probe, the SIT obtained documents from the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) related to the handing implicit of gold-clad copper plates of the Dwarapalaka idols and the doorway frames for gold-plating successful 2019. Investigators person besides collected accusation from Smart Creations, Chennai, the steadfast that carried retired the gold-plating work, regarding the golden sponsored by Mr. Potti.
Investigators person besides collected details astir Kalpesh, to whom Mr. Potti allegedly handed implicit the gold, which is said to person been stolen successful the guise of gold-plating works.
Based connected these findings, the SIT has present begun signaling statements of witnesses and accused persons arsenic portion of the ongoing investigation.
Meanwhile, Mr. Potti’s household has alleged that helium was being held illegally. “We don’t cognize the grounds for his detention and are yet to person a transcript of an apprehension memo oregon his existent whereabouts. The lone happening we cognize is that helium was picked up successful the morning,” said Ajith Sasthamangalam, Mr. Potti’s lawyer.
