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4.5 kg gold stripped from idol casings in 2019; 474.9 g residual gold not returned.

SIT arrested 5 including Potti and ex-TDB chief N. Vasu; 11 indicted.

Demanded Minister’s resignation, CBI probe; held Secretariat march Nov 12.

The Congress party organized a protest march to the Kerala Secretariat on November 12, 2025, where All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary K.C. Venugopal stated that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government aided the theft of gold from the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple. The allegations relate to the disappearance of approximately 4.5 kg of gold from gold-plated copper casings covering stone carvings and sculptures at the temple, including the dwarapalaka (guardian) idols, which were removed in 2019 for restoration without cou

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