The Particular Investigation Crew (SIT) probing the alleged donation theft on the Ayodhya Ram Temple gave a clear chit to the Belief’s former basic secretary, Champat Rai in its first report, folks conscious of the developments mentioned.
The house division has examined the report and handed it to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Belief for additional motion.
In keeping with folks conscious of the matter, the ultimate report doesn’t title former belief basic secretary Champat Rai nor ex-trust member Anil Mishra.
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Each the members had resigned from their positions on the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Belief on June 27 amid an ongoing probe into alleged irregularities involving temple donations.
A second SIT, constituted underneath the Supreme Court docket’s supervision, is constant its probe into the case.
The primary SIT was constituted on June 13 on the instructions of chief minister Yogi Adityanath following a request from the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Belief. It was headed by Lucknow divisional commissioner Vijay Vishwas Pant with inspector basic of police (Lucknow vary) Kiran S and particular secretary (Finance) Neel Ratan Kumar as members.
The SIT submitted its preliminary report back to the federal government on June 23, following which a primary info report (FIR) was registered in Ayodhya on June 25.
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Eight arrested in Ram temple fund theft case
The case was registered on the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi police station on a grievance by belief member Krishna Mohan. Eight accused named within the FIR, Avinash Shukla, Anukalp Mishra, Lavkush Mishra, Manish Kumar Yadav, Karunesh Pandey, Ramashankar Mishra, Subhash Srivastava and Ram Shankar Yadav alias Tinnu, have been arrested and are in jail.
The preliminary SIT report had discovered that money thefts have been detected round 70 occasions within the counting room between April 27 and June 5, 2026. CCTV footage allegedly confirmed workers repeatedly concealing and taking away money. The report additionally pointed to non-compliance with the usual working process collectively adopted by the belief and the State Financial institution of India, together with the absence of correct frisking at entry and exit factors.
The second SIT, headed by IG Lucknow vary Kiran S, is presently overseeing the investigation within the case registered in Ayodhya pursuant to the Supreme Court docket’s instructions.
Ram temple fund theft controversy
The controversy first surfaced on June 7 when Samajwadi Party chief Tej Narayan ‘Pawan’ Pandey alleged donations price ₹5 crore to ₹7.5 crore have been siphoned off from temple choices.
On June 13, the state authorities arrange the SIT on the request of the temple belief. A preliminary inquiry was carried out in Ayodhya between June 15 and 20.
The SIT scrutinised the complete donation administration chain, together with assortment packing containers, money counting, storage, accounting procedures, entry management and CCTV surveillance. The preliminary inquiry flagged prima facie irregularities within the dealing with of money and valuables provided by devotees.
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Belief
After the landmark 2019 Supreme Court docket verdict within the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute, the temple belief was arrange by the Authorities of India to supervise the development of the temple and was introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2020, in accordance with its web site. Out of its 15 members, 12 have been arrange by the federal government and in its first assembly, one other three members have been picked, mentioned the belief’s web site.
The belief acquired donations price ₹82.78 crore between April 1, 2025, and February 28, 2026, in accordance with the main points furnished by the belief earlier than its govt committee throughout a gathering in Ayodhya on March 21.
