Kollam, Feb. 18 -- The Kollam Vigilance Court on Wednesday issued an order granting bail to Thantri Kanthar Rajeevar in the Sabarimala gold heist case. The bail covers applications related to the Kattilappalli and Dwarapalaka idol cases.

With this, Rajeevar becomes the sixth accused in the case to secure bail, following Unnikrishnan Potty, Vasu, and Murari Babu. He was arrested on January 9 and is the second accused to be granted bail before the completion of 90 days. Earlier, former Administrative Officer S Sreekumar had also secured bail.

The detailed bail order will be released soon.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court of India is set to commence hearings in the long-pending Sabarimala temple entry matter and related cases on April 7, befo...