Sabarimala gold theft key accused gets bail as no chargesheet filed in 90 days
India Today
The special investigation team's failure to file a chargesheet in the Sabarimala gold theft case has raised the political heat, with Congress alleging serious flaws in the SIT probe.
Unnikrishnan Potty, the main accused in the Sabarimala gold theft case, has been granted a bail by a Kerala court after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) failed to submit a chargesheet within 90 days of his arrest.
The bail, granted in the second case related to the loss of gold from the Sreekovil (sanctum sanctorum) door frames, follows an earlier bail granted in the related Dwarapalaka idol case. As a result, Potty is expected to be released from jail, having secured bail in both of the principal cases concerning the Sabarimala gold loss.
The statutiory bail, issued on Thursday by a Vigilance Court in Kollam, was necessitated, according to court records, because the chargesheet was not filed within the mandatory 90-day period following his detention.
The grant of bail has further intensified the political heat in the state. Leader of the Opposition VD Satheesan, who has been repeatedly raising allegations against the SIT and accusing it of pursuing a flawed line of investigation, said, “Our allegation has now been proved right.”
“We said that all of them would get bail, and that’s exactly what is happening. They have not even filed a preliminary chargesheet,” Satheesan added.
Stepping up his attack on the Left government, the Congress leader said, “Now CPI(M) leaders will start coming out of jail. Many are already in the queue, including a former Devaswom minister and the current Devaswom minister, who should be arrested. We had already demanded the minister’s resignation.”
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