PATHANAMTHITTA: A new allegation has been made against former Devaswom Board president A Padmakumar, who is under suspicion in the Sabarimala gold theft scandal. The allegation is that the Yoga Danda, which is enshrined on Ayyappan in yoga nidra after closing the nada, was given to his son for maintenance and that it was taken out.

The Devaswom records are not clear about where the repair was done. The Yoga Danda was donated by the Pandalam Palace when the temple was consecrated. In 2019, it was decided to wrap the Yoga Danda and Ayyappan's Rudraksha Mala with gold. The records show that a person named Jayashankar Padman was assigned for this. This is Padmakumar's son. It is stated in the Mahasar that 19.2 grams of gold were used for wrapping.

The then administrative officer Murari Babu,

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