Actor Jayaram arrived earlier than the ED on Tuesday for questioning in reference to the alleged misappropriation of gold from Sabarimala. As per a video shared by information company PTI, the actor was seen arriving for the questioning and spoke to reporters, saying that every one these concerned within the matter needs to be caught and that Lord Ayyappa is not going to spare the culprits.
What Jayaram mentioned
Chatting with reporters exterior the ED workplace, Jayaram mentioned, “I’m additionally such a Malayali who’s obliged to assist with that. Within the final 10-38 years, I’ve been invited to many temples for numerous pujas and different non secular ceremonies or occasions and I attend as a lot of them as attainable. That’s how I used to be referred to as for a puja in reference to the Sabarimala artefacts. I used to be referred to as for such pujas by them (Unnikrishnan Potty and others) a number of instances. So, whether or not there was any irregularity behind it’s being investigated by the courtroom and the involved businesses.”
He went on so as to add, “So, that’s the reason I’ve been referred to as. If there are any others concerned within the matter, allow them to additionally get caught. Lord Ayyappa is not going to spare them.”
Extra particulars concerning the case
Final month, Jayaram was questioned by the Particular Investigation Crew (SIT), which is probing the alleged misappropriation of gold from the Dwarapalaka (guardian deity) idols and the door frames of the Sreekovil (sanctum sanctorum).
Jayaram, a number one actor in South India, was beforehand interrogated by the Particular Investigation Crew (SIT) of the Kerala police at his residence in Chennai, notably about his hyperlinks with Unnikrishnan Potty, the priest-turned-real property businessman who’s on the centre of the case. Potty, the primary accused within the case and at present out on bail, is accused of pilfering gold from the door frames of the Sabarimala temple’s sanctum sanctorum and the gold-clad sheets overlaying the ‘dwarapalaka’ (guardian) idols of the temple beneath the guise of “re-plating” them with gold in 2019.
The ED shall be seeking to probe if an trade of cash was taken place between Jayaram and Potty within the title of rituals related to the Sabarimala gold belongings. It’s being alleged that Potty made a number of people, together with celebrities, consider that in the event that they carried out prayers at their properties within the presence of the Sabarimala door frames, it will deliver them luck.
The Kochi unit of the ED had registered an enforcement case info report (ECIR) beneath the provisions of the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) final month. It has filed a petition earlier than the particular courtroom in Kollam demanding case-related paperwork from the SIT.