Potti, a Bengaluru-based businessman who was taken into custody from his residence in Thiruvananthapuram, was interrogated at the Crime Branch office on Thursday.

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The Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the Kerala High Court to probe the Sabarimala gold robbery case arrested the prime accused, Unnikrishnan Potti early Friday.