Sabarimala gold theft case: Kerala HC directs SIT to submit final report by Sept. 25

…after the SIT informed the court that the final report in the case will be submitted before the Vigilance court on September 25. S. Sasidharan, head of the SIT, appeared before the court on the day and submitted that the probe was almost complete and that the team was hopeful of submitting the report before the trial court by September 25. The ‘stripping salt’ as well as the ‘cleaning salt’ involved in the two cases (pertaining to the alleged misappropriation of gold) had been forwarded to the National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML) for examination and…

…in this case too was being proceeded with and that it could be concluded “without any further delay.” “Having perused the detailed report placed before us and the steps taken by the investigating agency thus far, we find that the investigation has proceeded substantially and that the remaining steps are required to be completed expeditiously so that the matter can be brought to its logical conclusion,” a Divison Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K V Jayakumar said. The court went on to direct the SIT to complete the investigation at the…