Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 15 -- Travancore Devaswam Board (TDB) president PS Prasanth has suspended assistant engineer K Sunil Kumar for his alleged involvement in the Sabarimala gold theft case.

Kumar has been named as an accused in the case.

Prasanth said that retired officers involved in the gold-plating controversy will receive a show-cause notice, with a 10-day time frame to respond.

"In today's Board meeting, it was decided to suspend Assistant Engineer K Sunil Kumar, who is under investigation. Retired officers involved will receive show-cause notices and must respond within 10 days. Further action will be taken as per the rules after receiving their explanations," Prasanth told reporters.

The decision was made following a board...