Thiruvananthapuram: Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) former president and former CPM MLA A Padmakumar was reportedly held in connection with the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple gold heist.

According to sources, Padmakumar was summoned by the special investigation team (SIT) for quizzing on Thursday and was subsequently arrested. He was a district secretariat member of the CPM in Pathanamthitta.

Earlier another former president and commissioner of the TDB N Vasu was also held by the SIT apart from former administrative officer of the Sabarimala temple Murari Babu, former executive officer Sudheesh Kumar, former Thiruvabharanam commissioner K S Baiju and Bengaluru-based Malayali Unnikrishnan Potti.

Gold coating

Padmakumar and Vasu served as TDP president while the decision to allow Potti to car

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