SIT officers led by investigation officer S Sasidharan reached Potty's home at Pulimath round 3 pm and carried out the search.
In response to sources, the workforce was on the lookout for paperwork and digital units belonging to Potty as a part of the continuing investigation.
Potty, who was earlier despatched to the custody of SIT by the Judicial First Class Justice of the Peace Court docket in Ranni, is at the moment being interrogated on the Crime Department workplace right here.
The SIT advised the court docket on Friday that Potty wanted to be questioned additional to hint the lacking gold, accumulate different proof, and establish different accused individuals within the case.
The workforce additionally knowledgeable the court docket that Potty could be taken to different states for proof assortment. The SIT, shaped following a directive from the Kerala Excessive Court docket, is investigating two circumstances – one associated to the gold loss from the gold-cladded copper plates of the Dwarapalaka (guardian deity) idols, and one other regarding the gold lacking from the door frames of the Sreekovil (sanctum sanctorum) of the temple. The Excessive Court docket had famous that the burden of the Dwarapalaka plates had diminished after they had been handed over to Potty for electroplating in 2019.
In the meantime, Ranni police in Pathanamthitta registered a case in opposition to a BJP employee who hurled a sandal at Potty whereas he was being escorted out of the court docket on Friday.
Police stated a case has been filed in opposition to BJP celebration employee Sinu S Panicker below Part 131 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (assault or use of legal power with out grave provocation) and Part 118(a) of the Kerala Police Act (intimidation, defamation, or insult).
The offence is bailable, and Panicker can be arrested after the probe, police stated.
