Sabarimala gold theft SIT report

Notes

• The Special Investigation Team (SIT) is probing the alleged misappropriation of gold from the Sabarimala temple, specifically from the sanctum sanctorum door frame and Dwarapalaka idols.
• The Kerala High Court is overseeing the investigation, with a Division Bench comprising Justices Raja Vijayaraghavan and K.V. Jayakumar.
• The SIT has committed to filing a final report within 30 days, followed by the process of obtaining sanction to prosecute the accused officials.
• Investigations include the alleged pilfering of gold in September 2025, which will be clubbed with existing criminal cases.
• Scientific evidence is being utilized, including a report from the CSIR National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, received on July 6.
• Evidence collection involves analyzing 'stripping salt' seized from a Chennai-based firm, Smart Creations, to determine if it was used to remove gold cladding from temple idols.

Part of a longer story

This is day 5 of 5 in Sabarimala gold misappropriation investigation, which has been running since 28 June 2026. Reading it whole is usually worth more than reading today alone — the exam asks how something developed.

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