Final report can be filed in Sabarimala gold theft case by Mar 31: SIT to Kerala HC

The SIT probing the alleged misappropriation of gold from Sabarimala on Thursday told the Kerala High Court that the final report can be filed before the jurisdictional court on or before March 31.

It made the submission before a bench of justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V and KV Jayakumar based on the assurance by the National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, that it will expeditiously test the samples collected from the Sabarimala artefacts and give a report at the earliest.

“In view of the said assurance, it is submitted (by the SIT) that the final report can be laid before the jurisdictional court on or before March 31, 2026,” the bench noted.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) told the High Court that it has collected a total of 36 samples in connection with the two cases of alleged misappropriation of gold from the Dwarapalaka (guardian deity) idols and the door frames of the Sreekovil (sanctum sanctorum).