India, Nov. 12 -- The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the misappropriation of gold assets from the Sabarimala temple arrested former Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) president N Vasu for his alleged involvement in the case, an officer familiar with the case said.

Vasu, who served as the president of the TDB between 2019 and 2021, was produced before a magistrate's court in Pathanamthitta.

The officer confirmed that Vasu, also a CPI(M) leader, was arraigned as the third accused in the chargesheet filed by the SIT in the case and was subjected to several rounds of questioning before his formal arrest on Tuesday.

Before taking over as the president of TDB in 2019, Vasu served twice as the Devaswom Commissioner in Sabarimala. It wa...