Ayodhya, July 18 (IANS) The Ayodhya Police on Saturday took custody of Ram Shankar Yadav alias Tinnu Yadav and his nephew Manish Yadav, the last two accused who are yet to undergo custodial interrogation in the Ram Temple donation theft case.A special court in Ayodhya on Friday had granted the police 39 hours’ custody remand of both the accused.The duo was taken into custody from the Ayodhya district jail on Saturday morning, following which investigators will begin what is expected to be the fi…
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Ayodhya, July 6 (IANS) The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on Monday clarified that all religious and historical artefacts in its custody are safe and that all items are fully accounted for, dismissing reports and social media claims suggesting that sacred items were missing, and reaffirming that proper records are maintained and transparency is being upheld in the management of temple assets.Meanwhile, the Trust on Monday accepted the resignations of General Secretary Champat Rai and …
Ayodhya, July 6 (IANS) Amid the raging embezzlement row in the Ayodhya temple, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has accepted the resignation of its General Secretary Champat Rai, signalling that the body entrusted with the day-to-day affairs of the temple was ready to do away with its wishy washy approach in the donation fiasco and take firm action for alleged theft.The Trust members met for over three hours on Monday.Champat Rai, along with trustee Anil Mishra, had offered resignat…
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…
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…
Lucknow, June 19 (IANS) Stepping up its probe into the Ram Temple embezzlement row, the three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) is set to quiz Ram Shankar Yadav alias Tinnu Yadav again on Friday and expand the ambit of the investigation, including scanning of documents pertaining to gold and silver offerings at the temple and also bringing land records of the accused under the scanner.Ram Shankar Yadav is one of the key suspects in the alleged misappropriation of funds at Ram Temple, over …