The BJP nominated the Ram Mandir committee, filled with BJP-VHP leaders. Committee members hired their own relatives for jobs, from cash counting, security to SBI staff. Their MLAs sold land to Mandir Trust for 12 times the original price.
A state-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) is actively investigating a major embezzlement scandal involving cash, gold, and silver donations at the Ayodhya Ram Mandir. Authorities have arrested eight temple workers and contract employees, recovering approximately ₹80 lakh in cash.
The investigation and ongoing audit of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust accounts have led to the following developments:
- Modus Operandi: Police found that accused staff members siphoned off cash from the donation boxes by exploiting CCTV blind spots and avoiding monitoring in the designated counting rooms.
- Trust Repercussions: The controversy has severely shaken devotees' trust and forced the resignation of the temple trust's general secretary, Champat Rai, and trustee Anil Mishra amid scrutiny over severe security lapses.
- Political Row: Opposition figures have alleged that the true scale of the theft could exceed ₹200 crore, prompting the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) to demand that the SIT question those leaders to verify the factual basis of their allegations.
- Judicial Status: The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court rejected a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a CBI probe, directing the matter through regular judicial channels.
Still people will believe Modi Government has done great job by building Ram Temple. It seems like they have fasten the process to do this donation theft.
u/SuperbHealth5023 — 2 hours ago