THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a major development in the Padmanabhaswamy temple gold theft case, the Thiruvananthapuram Judicial Magistrate Court has ordered polygraph (lie-detector) tests on six temple employees in connection with the disappearance of gold from the temple's strong room.
The Padmanabhaswamy Temple, located in the heart of the state capital city, is among the country's richest and most revered shrines, and it remained under strict surveillance and court-monitored administration following earlier Supreme Court interventions on its treasure management.
The fresh directive comes even as a Kerala High Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) has made arrests in another high-profile case - the Sabarimala temple gold theft, in which four people, including three Travancore Devaswom Board employees, have been arrested.