With the latest arrests, the SIT's focus has widened beyond temple administration to include private firms and jewellery traders suspected of involvement in the alleged siphoning and mismanagement of gold linked to the Sabarimala temple.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Wednesday arrested Sreekumar, a former Administrative Officer (AO) of the Travancore Devaswom Board, in connection with the Sabarimala gold theft case, Kerala police said.
With the handover, both rape cases registered against the expelled Congress MLA will now be under the supervision of AIG Poonguzhali. She was already heading the inquiry into the second rape case. Officials said the move aims to bring all emerging complaints under a single SIT if more sur
Two persons, Akhash and Abhijith, were seriously injured in a violent knife attack at the City Palace Bar in Wandoor on Sunday, according to the police.
The Kerala Police Crime Branch registered a rape case against MLA Rahul Mamkootathil on Thursday, following an email petition submitted to the KPCC President on December 2.
Easwar who was arresed yesterday alleging that the police had violated Supreme Court guidelines while acting against him in the sexual-assault complaint case linked to suspended Congress MLA Mamkootathil.
"A bomb threat was reported at Cliff House, the official residence of Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, after a warning message reached the Chief Minister's private secretary via email. Bomb squad teams conducted a thorough inspection of the premises but did not find any explosive device. The C
Kerala Police Special Investigation Team (SIT) conducted a joint search and collected evidence from MLA Rahul Mamkootathil's flat in Palakkad on Sunday as part of an ongoing sexual assault investigation.
Kerala police chief, Ravada Chandrasekhar, on Thursday informed that a sexual harassment complaint against suspended Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil has been handed over to Crime Branch Chief H Venkitesh for further investigation.
Padmakumar was remanded to judicial custody for 14 days by the Kollam Vigilance Court on Thursday in the Sabarimala gold theft case. He was arrested the same day by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Kerala Police.
Former Travancore Devaswom Board President A Padmakumar has been remanded to judicial custody for 14 days by the Kollam Vigilance Court in the Sabarimala gold theft case.