Claim
In the donation counting room, 22 people worked per shift, nobody was frisked, and people came wearing shirts and pants with double pockets.
“इस कमरे में एक शिफ्ट में 22 लोग होते थे। किसी की फ्रिस्किंग नहीं होती थी। लोग डबल जेबों वाली शर्ट पैंट पहनकर आते थे।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
The claim restates findings attributed to the police/SIT probe into the Ayodhya Ram Mandir donation-counting theft, as widely reported in Indian media around the broadcast date. Multiple outlets confirm roughly 22 staff per shift, absence of strict frisking, and staff entering in multi-pocketed clothes while handling cash — the exact three elements of the anchor's statement. These are allegations from an ongoing investigation (not yet court-proven), which is why confidence is high but not maximal; the on-air statement faithfully conveys the reported investigative findings.
Evidence
- https://www.indiatvnews.com/uttar-pradesh/ram-temple-donation-theft-probe-reveals-how-cash-vanished-amid-samosa-parties-in-counting-room-in-ayodhya-2026-07-01-1046756 India TV report on the Ayodhya Ram Mandir donation-theft probe states, per police/SIT, that about 22 people worked each shift in the counting room, strict frisking was allegedly absent, and staff could enter wearing clothes with multiple pockets while handling cash — matching all three parts of the claim. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.patrika.com/ayodhya-news/ram-mandir-donation-dispute-row-daan-counting-new-security-rules-ayodhya-20716436 Reports that after the theft dispute, counting is done in two shifts of roughly 20 employees each, and new rules impose pocket-less gowns and repeated frisking — implying earlier absence of these controls, consistent with the claim. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://apnlive.com/india-news/ram-mandir-donation-theft-probe-rs-6-8-lakh-siphoned-daily/ Describes the SIT-alleged modus operandi (notes slipped from bundles and hidden in clothing near blocked CCTV), corroborating the lax-frisking/pocketed-clothing context underlying the claim. ✓ reachable · archived