Sabarimala Gold Theft: Kerala HC Grants More Time To SIT, Orders To Submit Report On Jan 19

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Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Monday got a six-week extension by the Kerala High Court to its investigation into the Sabarimala gold theft case. As per the court’s orders, SIT is now required to submit the interim investigation report on January 19.

The Sabarimala gold controversy centres on allegations of irregularities in the gold plating at the Sabarimala temple. This situation arose from a 1998 donation of 30.3 kilograms of gold and 1,900 kilograms of copper by industrialist Vijay Mallya, intended for the cladding of the sanctum sanctorum and the wooden carvings of the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple in Kerala.