ED questions former TDB officer citing money laundering in Sabarimala gold loss case
Kochi (PTI): Former TDB administrative officer S Sreekumar was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate on Friday here as part of its probe into the money laundering angle of the Sabarimala gold loss incident, officials said.
Sreekumar is the sixth accused in the case related to the loss of gold from the Dwarapalaka (guardian deity) idol plates being probed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT). He was granted bail by a Kollam vigilance court on January 29.
He was not arraigned as an accused in the second case involving the loss of gold from the doorframes of the Sreekovil (sanctum sanctorum).
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ED sources said that following a summons, Sreekumar appeared at the agency’s office here around 10 am.
According to ED officials, Sreekumar was the administrative officer at Sabarimala when the Dwarapalaka idols were taken to Chennai for gold plating, and he had signed the related documents.
Recently, the ED had interrogated another former TDB administrative officer, Murari Babu.
ED sources said that the accused in the two cases being probed by the SIT are also facing a money laundering investigation and would be questioned.
The ED will soon issue summons to prime accused Unnikrishnan Potty, who was released from jail after securing statutory bail in the SIT case on Thursday.
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Odisha: Two girls drown while bathing in village pond
Berhampur (Odisha) (PTI): Two girls drowned while bathing in a village pond in Odisha's Ganjam district on Tuesday, police said.
The deceased were identified as Pranjali Dora (11), a class 6 student, and Manini Dora (12), a student of class 7, both residents of Patanda village in Digapahandi police station area, a police officer said.
After returning home from school, they went to the village pond to take a bath like every other day. However, they slipped and fell into deep waters. Locals noticed them drowning and tried to rescue them but failed, he said.
Fire brigade personnel from Digapahandi retrieved the girls after a two-hour search and they were rushed to a nearby community health centre, where doctors declared them dead, Digapahandi police station officer-in-charge Kishor Kumar Samal said.
He said the bodies have been handed over to the respective families after conducting post-mortem examinations at MKCG Medical College and Hospital here.
He said unnatural death cases have been registered and an investigation launched.
