Former chief secretary K Jayakumar who has long experience handling administration in Sabarimala took charge at a time when controversies surrounding the shrine are at their peak.
SIT likely to arrest ex-TDB office-bearers, including former chief N Vasu; it was on Vasu’s recommendation that board handed over sheets to Potti for gold-plating.
He alleged that devotees’ offerings (kanikka) are being deposited in cooperative banks and Kerala Bank, violating the rule that they must be placed in nationalised banks.
BJP state general secretary M T Ramesh said that following the revelations of irregularities at Sabarimala, similar issues have now surfaced in the Cochin, Travancore, and Malabar Devaswom Boards.
