Claim
Police suspect Anukalp Mishra and Lavkush Mishra invested much of the stolen offering money in property and land, and today police raided their villages in Ayodhya's Milkipur area and questioned their families.
“पुलिस को शक है कि अनुकल्प मिश्रा और लवकुश मिश्रा ने चढ़ावे में चोरी का काफी पैसा प्रॉपर्टी में इन्वेस्ट किया है। इसलिए आज पुलिस अनुकल्प मिश्रा और लवकुश मिश्रा के गांव पहुंची।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
Multiple independent reports, including wire agency ANI dated 1 July 2026 (the broadcast date), confirm Ayodhya police raided the homes of Anukalp Mishra and Lavkush Mishra — whose native villages are in the Milkipur area — in the Ram Mandir offering-theft case, interacted with family members, and suspect the stolen donation money was invested in properties (Kaushalpuri house, Basava farmhouse, and other land/property around Ayodhya). The anchor's statement is framed as police suspicion, matching how investigators' claims were reported; no fact-checker disputes it.
Evidence
- https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/ram-mandir-donation-embezzlement-case-ayodhya-police-raid-homes-of-accused-anukalp-mishra-lavkush-mishra-karunesh-pandey20260701183918/ ANI wire report dated 2026-07-01 confirming Ayodhya police raided the homes of accused Anukalp Mishra, Lavkush Mishra and Karunesh Pandey in the Ram Mandir donation embezzlement case on the day of the broadcast. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.republicworld.com/india/ram-mandir-donation-row-ayodhya-police-raid-homes-of-accused-anukalp-mishra-lavkush-mishra-karunesh-pandey-2026-07-01-130835 Report dated 2026-07-01 on police searches at the accused's residences; quotes Anukalp Mishra's grandmother Sita Devi speaking to media during the raids, consistent with families being questioned/approached. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://thefederal.com/category/states/north/uttar-pradesh/ayodhya-temple-donation-scam-probe-turns-spotlight-mishra-family-wealth-surge-248352 Reports investigators' suspicion that the Mishras invested stolen offering money in property: a house in Kaushalpuri (₹40–65 lakh), a newly built farmhouse in native village Basava in Milkipur, and roughly half a dozen properties around Ayodhya, despite Anukalp's ₹14,500 monthly salary. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://theprint.in/india/bulldozer-threat-hangs-over-ram-temple-theft-accused-as-probe-bares-luxury-homes-donation-boxes/2976079/ ThePrint corroborates the probe uncovering luxury homes/properties linked to the theft accused and raids at ancestral homes in Milkipur, where ~₹12 lakh cash was recovered (some hidden under cow dung). ✓ reachable · archived