India, Oct. 22 -- The Kerala high court on Tuesday, hearing the suo motu issue of pilferage of gold from the 'Dwarapalaka' sculptures at the Sabarimala temple, directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to extend its investigation to uncover the 'larger conspiracy' involving officials of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) in suppressing the theft of gold assets since 2019.

The division bench of Justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V and KV Jayakumar conducted the hearing in-camera, restricting the attendance of the public and the media, to protect the secrecy of the entire case, and examined the preliminary report filed by the SIT on its actions taken so far.

The high court recorded its satisfaction with the manner in which the SIT is proce...