Claim
Police recovered ₹79,85,000 from the accused arrested in the Ram Mandir offering theft case.
“पुलिस ने यह तो पहले बता दिया था कि चढ़ावा चोरी के मामले में गिरफ्तार आरोपियों के कब्जे से 79 लाख 85000 बरामद हुए हैं।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
Multiple independent Indian news reports from late June 2026, before the July 1 broadcast, confirm that police/SIT recovered approximately ₹79.85 lakh in cash (one report gives the precise figure ₹79,85,493) from the eight accused arrested in the Ayodhya Ram Mandir offering theft case. Rajat Sharma's stated figure of ₹79,85,000 matches the widely reported rounded amount, so the claim is accurate.
Evidence
- https://www.statenewspoint.com/2026/06/snp_0869810533.html Reports eight accused in the Ram Mandir offering (chadhava) theft case were sent to judicial custody and ₹79.85 lakh was recovered. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://lawbeat.in/news-updates/ram-mandir-theft-case-court-sends-8-accused-to-judicial-custody-1606487 Court sent 8 accused to 14-day judicial custody; officials recovered nearly ₹79.85 lakh in cash plus US dollars and ornaments from locations linked to the accused. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.tv9up.com/cities/lucknow/ram-mandir-donation-case-8-accused-sent-to-jail-judicial-custody-sit-investigation-article-32534.html Hindi report confirming recovery of ₹79.85 lakh from the eight arrested accused, with per-accused breakdown (Avinash Shukla ₹20.40 lakh, Karunesh Pandey ₹18.07 lakh, Anukalp Mishra ₹16.82 lakh). ✓ reachable · archived
- https://navbharatlive.com/uttar-pradesh/ayodhya/ayodhya-ram-temple-donation-theft-sit-investigation-cash-recovery-1834437.html SIT presented recovery list in court; total cash recovered from accused was approximately ₹79,85,493. ✓ reachable · archived