SIT arrests former TDB president and CPI(M) leader A. Padmakumar in the Sabarimala gold theft case

Officials say SIT has reportedly indicted Mr. Padmakumar mainly for bequeathing an undue financial benefit to the prime accused Unnikrishnan Potti in 2019, by presiding over the wilful miscategorisation of the gilded panels as made of pure copper before entrusting them to the personal custody of the main suspect, ostensibly for restoring them to their original golden shine