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The theft method involved separating ₹500 notes during counting, inserting extra notes into bundles of 100, and stealing those extra notes since vouchers only recorded the number of bundles, not their exact value.
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The fourth accused, Lavkush Mishra — also a relative of Anil Mishra and Anukalp Mishra's brother-in-law — was found with ₹14,25,000 including 2,850 notes of ₹500.
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Anukalp Mishra, a relative of temple trust member Anil Mishra who was present in the counting room, was found with approximately ₹16,82,040 in cash including 2,853 notes of ₹500.
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The second accused, Karunesh Pandey, who counted the donation cash, was found with ₹18,763 in cash including 500-rupee and 200-rupee notes.
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Police recovered from accused Avinash Shukla (who kept the register of donations) the largest haul: ₹39,220 in cash, 10,121 US dollars, 169.54 grams of silver-like metal, an 8.14-gram chain, and a 3.44-gram gold ring.
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| 2026-07-01 |
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The anchor suggests the temple trust may have tried to hush up the theft as a minor matter with the help of local police, saying the role of senior trust officials is now considered suspect.
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| 2026-07-01 |
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Champat Rai knew about the theft from 26 May, and on 5 June ₹5 lakh in cash was recovered from accused Avinash Shukla's premises.
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| 2026-07-01 |
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The channel's team found, at the Kaushalpuri yoga centre where accused Avinash Shukla lived with his brother Abhishek, a locked trunk labelled 'Ram Rajya Kosh' bearing a Paytm QR code that resolves to a 'Ram Rajya Kosh' donation account.
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The anchor asserts that the theft of Ram Mandir offerings now stands proven with evidence, and calls it a day no Ram devotee will forget.
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The full list of money recovered from the accused's homes is now officially recorded in police documents, no longer sourced anonymously.
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| 2026-07-01 |
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Earlier reports mentioned only about ₹5 lakh recovered, then recently about ₹80 lakh, and now police have released the full accused-wise breakup of recoveries.
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| 2026-07-01 |
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The seventh accused, Ramashankar Mishra, had ₹7,32,170 in cash, two white-metal coins, and a toe-ring ornament weighing 24.72 grams recovered from him.
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The sixth accused, Ram Shankar Yadav alias Tinnu Yadav, was Champat Rai's driver and was given a job at the Ram Mandir by Champat Rai; ₹1 lakh in cash including 180 notes of ₹500 was recovered from his hostel near Ganga Hospital in Ayodhya.
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The fifth accused, Manish Kumar Yadav, who was present daily at the counting, had cash recovered including 270 notes of ₹500, 105 notes of ₹200, and 400 notes of ₹100.
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| 2026-07-01 |
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The alleged theft method was that during counting, ₹500 notes were separated into bundles of 100 notes, extra notes were slipped into the bundles, and since vouchers only recorded the number of bundles rather than their value, the extra notes were later stolen.
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| 2026-07-01 |
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The fourth accused, Lavkush Mishra, also a relative of Anil Mishra and brother-in-law of Anukalp Mishra, had ₹14,25,000 recovered from him, including 2,850 notes of ₹500.
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| 2026-07-01 |
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The third accused Anukalp Mishra, a relative of temple trust member Anil Mishra who was present in the counting room, had ₹16,82,040 in cash recovered, including 2,853 notes of ₹500.
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| 2026-07-01 |
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The second accused, Karunesh Pandey, who counted the cash offerings, had ₹18,763 in cash recovered from him by police.
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From Avinash Shukla, police also recovered 169.54 grams of silver-like metal, an 8.14 gram chain, and a gold ring weighing 3.44 grams.
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| 2026-07-01 |
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Accused Avinash Shukla, who recorded the cash and jewellery offerings in a register, had the largest recovery: ₹39,220 (as stated) in cash plus US dollars recovered from him.
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| 2026-07-01 |
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For the first time, details have emerged of how much stolen money police recovered from the arrested accused in the Ram Mandir offerings theft case.
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| 2026-06-30 |
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Former assistant priest Unnikrishnan Potti has been arrested, while former executive officer Murari Babu, company owner Pankaj Bhandari, former board president and CPM leader P.S. Prashant, former board member and CPI leader A. Ajay Kumar, chief priest Kandararu Rajeevaru, and former commissioner Rejilal have been named as accused.
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| 2026-06-30 |
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The SIT claims that in 2023 the accused again planned to send the idols to Chennai for re-plating, with the aim of destroying evidence of the 2019 gold theft rather than repair.
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| 2026-06-30 |
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So far, approximately 4 to 5 kilograms of gold have been found to be missing from the Sabarimala temple.
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| 2026-06-30 |
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The investigation found that gold was missing not only from the dwarapalaka idols but also from their bases and the temple door frames.
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