Thiruvananthapuram, October 3 (IANS) Chairman of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) PS Prasanth said that the Kerala High Court will be made aware of all the events related to the Sabarimala Gold offering dispute, and the board would seek a comprehensive investigation incidents since 1999.
“Poti has now fallen into the pit that he dug,” the Prasath commented, referring to Unnikrishnan Potti, who raised huge amount on the pretext of the temple’s gold offering.
The controversy deepened as a new revelations about Potty’s financial behavior.
Intelligence officials have started investigating their multi-million land transactions, with evidence that they had allegedly raised debt and acquired land in Kerala.
A former Devaswom contractor in the state capital is suspected of working as his intermediary.
Meanwhile, Devaswom Vigilance is ready to question Poti on Saturday.
Investigators accused the sculptures of ‘Dwarpalak’ (guardian deity) and serious irregularities in the gold plating of the mysterious disappearance of a pedestal.
Records suggest that the gold sheet was removed on July 20, 2019, but was sent to Smart Creations in Chennai only after an interval of 40 days, raising questions about where they were placed during that period.
On his return, four kilograms of gold was found missing, an discrepancy was not recorded in the official ‘Mahasar’ (inventory report). Devaswom employees are also likely to be accountable to lapse.
Vigilance also noted that under the guise of being a sponsor, Poti had done wide funds in the name of Sabarimala.
It is suspected that gold sheets were taken to Bangalore, bypassing the rules as part of this money -raising practice.
Connecting the controversy, Poti organized a Sabarimala program in Chennai in which popular actor Jairam also participated, which leads to his high-profile activities around the temple project.
It is now making it clear with Prasanth that he wants a detailed investigation to start from 1999, it was left under the leadership of CPI (M), who took over the post of President for 16 years, while the Congress-led UDF-led UDF nominees sat on the hot seat for 10 years and now the question is that all is well in CPI-M.
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