Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 10 -- Reacting to the Sabarimala alleged gold theft case, Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday claimed that the loot of sacred shrines in the State goes back 10-20 years. He demanded that an independent central investigation be launched into the activities of the Devaswom board and the alleged loot of all the temples of Kerala.

Speaking to ANI, Chandrasekhar said, "There is no doubt in any Malayali's mind that crimes have been committed, gold has been looted not just from Sabarimala but across temples from Kerala. There are powerful people behind these crimes, and this kind of activity, this kind of shameless, unforgivable loot of sacred shrines, is not an issue that happened six...