Kochi, Oct. 4 -- On the Sabarimala gold row, Sabarimala Karma Samithi Convenor SJR Kumar accused the current Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) President of involvement in the unauthorised removal of gold-plated idols in September, demanding probes into board members and slamming the Kerala government for a politically motivated global Ayyappa meet with "non-believer" DMK CM.

Speaking to ANI, he said, "I have a video report by the current Devaswom Board President, who is putting the blame on the employees of those days. The whole thing started when the court came to notice that the gold-plated idols of the Dwarapalakas had been removed. The special commissioner reported to the high court that these idols had been removed without his permiss...