Synopsis: Vasu, questioned over two days at the Eanchakkal office, was taken into custody after failing to explain document alterations. He will be produced before the magistrate on Tuesday.

Former Devaswom Board president and commissioner N. Vasu has been arrested on Tuesday, 11 November, in connection with the Sabarimala gold theft case, becoming the third accused.

The SIT found that during Vasu’s tenure as commissioner, gold was falsely recorded as copper.

Vasu, questioned over two days at the Eanchakkal office, was taken into custody after failing to explain document alterations. He will be produced before the magistrate on Tuesday.

Earlier, board officials Unnikrishnan Potty, Murari Babu, and Sudheesh Kumar were arrested.

Murari Babu and Sudheesh Kumar told investigators that al

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