Sabarimala gold loot: SIT says loot could be much bigger and graver

Thiruvananthpuram, Jan. 1 -- The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the Sabarimala temple gold loot has found that the scale of the heist could be much bigger and graver than initially reported.

The SIT found that the Sabarimala gold theft is significantly more extensive than initially reported, revealing that gold was methodically stripped from multiple sacred structures.

In the custody application filed before the Vigilance Court, Kollam for the interrogation of the first accused Unnikrishnan Potty, the ninth accused Pankaj Bhandari and tenth accused Pandurangaiah Naga Govardhan, the SIT the other day has submitted that apart from the door frames and idols, The Prabha Mandalam (halo/archway) figures, gold-cladded Shiva idol on it...