India, Jan. 23 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a big promise on Friday to the people of Kerala that if the Bharatiya Janata Party comes to power in the state, Sabarimala gold loss will be examined and the culprits will be jailed.

"This is Modi's guarantee," the Prime Minister said, as quoted by news agency PTI.

PM Modi made the remarks in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram on Friday, where he launched various developmental projects and flagged off new train services.

His remarks come amid the row over Sabarimala gold theft case which has snowballed into a political storm. The case, which pertains to the alleged misappropriation of gold from the door frames of the sanctum and the plates covering the dwarapalaka (guardian idols) of the tem...