Claim
Champat Rai admitted to investigators that not filing a police complaint was his mistake and that he should have got an FIR registered.
“लेकिन चंपत राय ने यह माना कि पुलिस में शिकायत दर्ज ना करवाना उनकी गलती थी। उन्हें एफआईआर करवानी चाहिए थी।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
As of the July 1, 2026 broadcast, multiple independent Indian outlets (Webdunia, Republic Bharat, NewsX, National Herald) reported that Champat Rai, questioned in the Ram Mandir donation theft probe, admitted the failure/delay in getting a police complaint and FIR registered was his mistake, citing the Trust's internal inquiry as the reason. The anchor's claim matches this contemporaneous multi-outlet reporting. Confidence is moderate rather than high because the admission comes from leaks of a confidential interrogation — Ayodhya police explicitly declined to confirm it — and no dedicated fact-checker (AltNews, BOOM, Factly, Newschecker, PIB) had assessed the specific statement.
Evidence
- https://hindi.webdunia.com/national-hindi-news/ayodhya-ram-mandir-donation-theft-case-126063000021_1.html Reports that during questioning in the Ram Mandir donation theft case, former trust general secretary Champat Rai admitted his mistake was delaying the official police complaint, saying the Trust was conducting an internal investigation. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.republicbharat.com/india/uttar-pradesh/ayodhya-ram-mandir-donation-theft-champat-rai-says-it-was-no-my-role-big-revelation-about-tinnu-yadav-2026-06-30-127095 Independently reports (June 30, 2026) Rai telling investigators during a 3-hour interrogation 'yes, it was my mistake' regarding not promptly registering the police complaint/FIR. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/national/ayodhya-police-record-champat-rais-statement-in-ram-temple-donation-embezzlement-probe Confirms Ayodhya police recorded Rai's statement and that media reports said he admitted it was a mistake not to lodge an FIR immediately; police called the questioning contents confidential, neither confirming nor denying. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.indiatvnews.com/uttar-pradesh/champat-rai-speaks-out-here-is-what-he-told-police-in-ram-temple-donation-theft-case-2026-06-30-1046704 India TV's own report of what Rai told police, consistent with the anchor's on-air claim; the FIR in the case was registered only on June 25, weeks after the theft surfaced around June 5. ✓ reachable · archived