KOLLAM: The ED will register a case under the PMLA in connection with the Sabarimala gold theft, after a court here on Friday allowed the agency to obtain the copies of documents filed by the police Special Investigation Team (SIT).
Sources said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) will obtain the copies of two FIRs registered by the police in connection with the loss of gold from the ‘dwarapalaka’ (guardian deity) plates and the doorframes of the sanctum sanctorum from the Kollam Vigilance Court.
The agency will also receive copies of remand reports filed by the SIT against seven persons arrested, reports filed while altering charges, and first information statements, they said.
“The ED will get certified copies of the documents from the court today itself. Without delay, a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) will be registered,” the sources said.
The ED has already conducted a preliminary probe into the incident. The ED had earlier approached a magistrate court in Ranni, Pathanamthitta, seeking copies of the documents, but the request was rejected