India, Nov. 1 -- Sabarimala's former executive officer Sudheesh Kumar has reportedly been arrested in connection with the alleged disappearance of gold from the temple, taking the total number if arrests in the case to three.

The Special Investigating Team (SIT) probing the theft case arrested Kumar, who served as the executive officer of the hill shrine in 2019, after being questioned at the Crime Branch office in Thiruvananthapuram, news agency PTI quoted sources as saying.

Meanwhile, the Kerala opposition staged a walk-out on Saturday from the Assembly over the theft case. "The Devaswom board minister is also responsible; he has to resign. That is our demand. We are continuing that demand. We are agitating inside and outside the asse...