KOCHI: The High Court has raised several doubts in the Sabarimala gold theft case. The High Court has directed that the door panel in the strong room should be examined to see if it is the real door panel. The door panel in the strong room at present was recovered from where the Ashtabhishekam is being held. The High Court's interim order says that it is to be examined to see if it is real gold plating.

It should also be investigated whether the present one is the original plating or whether that too was smuggled by Unnikrishnan Potty. Vijay Mallya gave a door panel covered with two and a half kilos of gold in 1999. The court also asked why the Devaswom officials trusted the unreliable Unnikrishnan Potty. The door panel covered with gold given by Unnikrishnan Potty weighed only 34 grams.

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