Sabarimala gold heist case | TDB former president N Vasu gets bail

Thiruvananthapuram: Travancore Devaswom Board former president N Vasu got bail in the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple gold heist case on Wednesday.

Delay in filing charge-sheet against him even 90 days after his arrest was the ground for granting bail by the vigilance court in Kollam.

Already four others accused, including the prime accused Unnikrishnan Potti, got bail.

Vasu's bail will further aggravate allegation by Congress and BJP that the probe was being sabotaged as Vasu is a CPM member and had also served as additional private secretary to a CPM minister.

The special investigation team probing the gold heist is citing delay in scientific examination reports as the key reason for delaying the charge sheet.