The report said that after removing the plates, they were taken to multiple locations, including Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and finally to Smart Creations in Ambattur, Chennai.

“With the help of Smart Creations, the gold was removed from the gold-clad copper plates and illegally retrieved. To conceal this, only 394.9 grams of gold were replated. Later, these plates were displayed at various places against temple tradition before being returned to Sabarimala,” the report stated.

It also noted that after misappropriating gold from the Dwarapalaka plates, Potty identified other donors for subsequent gold-plating work, but the donated gold was allegedly not fully used for the intended purpose.

The remand report further revealed that after the 2019 electroplating, the Dwarapalaka plates were taken to several houses and temples in Chennai, Bengaluru, and Kerala for poojas without any security arrangements.