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The SIT submitted that, as of now, 391 witnesses have been questioned and their statements recorded.

The probe gathered pace on February 3, when former Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) administrative officer Murari Babu was questioned for several hours at the ED office in Kochi.

Terming the Left government’s stand on the Sabarimala women entry as vague, he also reiterated the party’s stand that the Sabarimala gold theft will be handed over to CBI.

The party expects the issue to resonate in at least 35 constituencies and intends to keep it alive throughout the election period.

Padmakumar was arrested by the SIT for allegedly fabricating the TDB documents to show that the gilded sheets of the dwarapalaka idols and the door frames were mere copper sheets.

Padmakumar had already gotten statutory bail in the case related to the alleged misappropriation of gold from the door frames of the sanctum sanctorum at the temple.