Overview
- The Special Investigation Team took Ramesh Chennithala’s statement at the Crime Branch office in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday after he sought to share inputs.
- Chennithala said the information pointed to alleged links with international antiques smugglers, echoing earlier Kerala High Court observations that referenced Subhash Kapoor.
- He stressed that he provided information rather than evidence and said it is for the SIT to decide whether to summon the businessman who briefed him.
- The probe covers two related cases involving missing gold plates from the dwarapalaka idols and the gold-plated doorframes of the Sreekovil.
- Investigators have arrested six people so far, including two former Travancore Devaswom Board presidents, while the missing gold remains unrecovered.