The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing cases related to gold missing from Kerala's Sabarimala temple arrested the prime accused, Unnikrishnan Potty, on Friday, officials said, as reported by PTI.

Police sources said Potty, a Bengaluru-based businessman who was taken into custody from his residence at Pulimath near here on Thursday, was interrogated at the Crime Branch office in Thiruvananthapuram. Also Read | From Sabrimala verdict to dargah: SC says larger bench could look at such cases

Later, Potty was taken to the government hospital for a medical examination.

The SIT would be shifting him to Pathanamthitta by afternoon. He would be produced before a court in Ranni, Pathanamthitta, later.

The SIT will also seek Potty's custody for detailed interrogation.

The SIT consti

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