Ayodhya, July 7 (IANS) Mahant Kamal Nayan Das, the designated successor to Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, on Tuesday said that no one wanted Champat Rai to step down as the General Secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, even as the Trust accepted his resignation following the controversy surrounding the alleged Ram Temple donation irregularities. The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on Monday accepted the resignations of General Secretary Champat Rai and trustee Anil Mish…
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Ayodhya, July 4 (IANS) The eight individuals arrested for the alleged misappropriation of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya don’t have any previous criminal record, sources said on Saturday. According to sources privy to the investigation, the accused also had no prior experience in planning or executing thefts of this nature, raising questions about who masterminded the “large-scale irregularities”.Police are now reportedly searching for the mastermind behind the alleged embezzlement of do…
Ayodhya, July 4 (IANS) As the investigation into the Ram Temple donation theft case proceeds, Ayodhya police have obtained land and bank records of the accused and are investigating whether the assets constitute “proceeds of crime”, sources said on Saturday. Police sources stated that they had requested records of land parcels belonging to the accused and their family members from the Revenue Department.The police have so far received records for approximately 20 land parcels from the department…
Ayodhya, July 3 (IANS) In a significant development in the Ram Temple donation theft case, investigators have uncovered what is believed to be the location where the accused allegedly distributed the stolen money among themselves. During police remand, alleged mastermind Avinash Shukla was taken to a site near the 14-Kosi Parikrama route in Ayodhya, where he reportedly identified the exact place used for the division of the cash.Eight accused, including Anukalp Mishra, Lavkush Mishra, Kamlesh Pa…
Ayodhya, July 3 (IANS) Fresh developments have emerged in the alleged theft of donations at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, with investigators obtaining what is believed to be the first photograph showing two of the accused, Avinash Shukla and Anukalp Mishra, inside the temple’s cash counting facility. The image has become a significant piece of evidence in the ongoing investigation, as it places the accused inside the room where offerings made by devotees were counted and processed.Both Avinash Shuk…
Ayodhya, July 1 (IANS) The Faizabad Bar Association on Thursday submitted a formal complaint at the Ram Janmabhoomi police station in Ayodhya seeking the registration of an FIR against Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust’s former General Secretary Champat Rai, former trustee Anil Mishra, and others regarding the alleged embezzlement of funds and donations at the Ram Temple.The Bar Association had earlier planned a foot march to the police station, which was cancelled after the police report…
Ayodhya, July 1 (IANS) Even as the Special Investigation Team (SIT) intensifies its probe into embezzlement of donations and offerings at the Ram Temple, the series of disclosures sheds light on the deep nexus that existed among the temple staff and how they breached all norms and violated Ram bhakts’ trust to fill their own coffers. Latest revelations in the temple theft episode show the amount of cash recovered from seven out of eight accused. Though crores of money and valuables are reporte…
Ayodhya, June 28 (IANS) Police on Sunday recovered jewellery and documents from the house of accused Ramshankar Yadav alias Tinnu Yadav, after searches were conducted at the residences of all eight accused, arrested in connection with the alleged misappropriation of donations and offerings at the Ram Mandir.This comes after the eight individuals were sent to three-day judicial custody on Friday. They will stay in jail till June 29 and will be produced before a city court again on Monday.Accordin…
Ayodhya, June 28 (IANS) Police on Sunday conducted searches at the residences of all the eight accused, arrested in connection with alleged misappropriation of donations and offerings at the Ram Mandir.This comes after the eight individuals were sent to three-day judicial custody on Friday. They will stay in jail till June 29 and will be produced before the city court again on Monday.Krishna Nand Tiwari, a neighbour of accused Anukalp Mishra, said: “Action is being taken, brother (Mishra) or who…
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) As the First Information Report (FIR) in the Ram Temple donation controversy named eight persons, including a temple attendant, former bank staff and those engaged in cash counting, for alleged misappropriation of cash and offerings, several banking officials are likely to face the heat over ‘collusion’ in the alleged theft. All eight arrested accused, namely Avinash Shukla, Anukalp Mishra, Lavkush Mishra, Manish Kumar Yadav, Karunesh Pandey, Ramashankar Mishra, Sub…