Kollam, Feb. 11 -- In a significant development in the long-running Sabarimala gold theft investigation, the Kollam Vigilance Court on Wednesday granted bail to N. Vasu, the 75-year-old former president of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), after the statutory 90-day remand period expired without the prosecution filing a chargesheet.
N. Vasu, who was arrested on November 11, 2025, was the third accused named in the high-profile case linked to the alleged misappropriation of gold from the doorframes of the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple's sanctum sanctorum.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case has argued that administrative lapses and procedural failures allowed the removal and mishandling of valuable gold-clad materials...