SIT Arrests Former Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) member K P Shankar In Hospital
Thiruvananthapuram: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the Sabarimala gold theft case, arrested KP Shankar Das, the accused in the case, on Wednesday.
The arrest took place at a private hospital where he is currently receiving treatment. A police team led by SP Sasidharan registered the arrest after arriving at the hospital on Wednesday evening.
Shankar Das, who served as a member of the Travancore Devaswom Board of Directors during A. Padmakumar’s presidency, was in the ICU for the last few days before being shifted to a room recently.
The SIT will submit the remand report to the Kollam vigilance court on Thursday, while Shankar Das will remain in the hospital for treatment. On Monday, a single bench of the Kerala High Court slammed the SIT for not arresting Shankar Das. “One person named as an accused in the case was in the hospital. His son is a Police Inspector. What nonsense is going on in this state? I completely disagree with the investigating officer,” Justice A Badharudeen said during the hearing of the bail plea of the other three accused in the case.
