Claim
Anukalp Mishra was placed in the offering-counting work about two years ago on Anil Mishra's recommendation, and money stolen from the temple (stated as ₹18,240) was recovered from his house.
“करीब दो साल पहले अनुकल्प मिश्रा को अनिल मिश्रा की सिफारिश पर चढ़ावे की काउंटिंग के काम में लगाया गया था। उसके घर से मंदिर से चोरी किए गए ₹18,240 बरामद हुए।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
The core of the claim is corroborated: Anukalp Mishra, a relative of trustee Anil Mishra, was placed in the Ram Mandir offering-counting work amid SIT findings that 125+ staff were hired on Anil Mishra's recommendation, and stolen cash was recovered from his house. However, the stated amount is wrong: contemporaneous reports uniformly put the recovery from Anukalp Mishra at ₹16,82,040 (~₹16.8 lakh), not ₹18,240 — the broadcast figure appears to be a garbled rendering of that number and understates the recovery by roughly 100x. The 'about two years ago' hiring timeline is not independently confirmed but is not contradicted.
Evidence
- https://www.tv9up.com/cities/lucknow/ram-mandir-donation-theft-sit-investigation-avinash-shukla-anukalp-mishra-karunesh-pandey-tinnu-yadav-article-32853.html SIT recovery list: police recovered ₹16,82,040 in cash from Anukalp Mishra — not ₹18,240 as stated in the broadcast. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.indiatvnews.com/uttar-pradesh/over-rs-70-lakh-cash-recovered-foreign-currency-also-seized-as-probe-widens-in-ram-mandir-donation-theft-case-2026-07-01-1046795 Reports ~₹16 lakh seized from Anukalp Mishra's residence as part of the ~₹70 lakh total recovery in the Ram Mandir donation theft probe, as of the broadcast date. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.patrika.com/ayodhya-news/ayodhya-ram-mandir-donation-scam-sit-probe-anil-mishra-20710857 SIT probe found over 125 temple employees were hired on trustee Anil Mishra's recommendation; Anukalp Mishra and Lavkush Mishra are his close relatives placed in the counting operation. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://thefederal.com/category/states/north/uttar-pradesh/ram-mandir-donation-theft-former-trust-member-anil-mishra-under-scrutiny-248664 Trust general secretary Champat Rai had delegated authority over recruitment of cash-counting personnel to trustee Anil Mishra; Anukalp Mishra is among the eight arrested and was posted at a counting centre. ✓ reachable · archived