After appearing in court on Friday following his arrest the previous night, Unnikrishnan Potty, the key accused in the Sabarimala “missing gold” case, claimed that he was “trapped” and that those responsible would soon be brought before the law. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO

The special investigation team (SIT) of the Kerala Police’s Crime Branch arrested Potty late on Thursday night from his house, after which he was questioned for hours.

On Friday, he was produced before a magistrate’s court in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district, where the Sabarimala temple is situated. The court granted the SIT 14 days’ custody of Potty, who is the main accused in two cases the SIT has registered so far, following a directive from the Kerala High Court, which took suo motu cognisance of the scandal.

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