Claim

Champat Rai personally met the 10 new donation-counting hires on 2 March 2025, trustee Anil Mishra interviewed them on 4 March 2025, they were told to start work from 6 March 2025, and the new counting staff were not even given ID cards — only a duty sheet.

“2 मार्च 2025 को चंपत राय इन सब लोगों से खुद मिले। इसके बाद 4 मार्च 2025 को ट्रस्टी अनिल मिश्रा ने इन सबका इंटरव्यू लिया और 6 मार्च 2025 से इनको काम पर आने के लिए कह दिया गया। उस वक्त काउंटिंग के लिए रखे गए नए स्टाफ को कोई आई कार्ड तक नहीं दिया जाता था।”

Rationale

The anchor's timeline matches contemporaneous reporting on the SIT probe into the Ram Mandir donation-theft case: multiple outlets (TV9 Hindi, IANS via Prokerala) report that the 10 counting-staff candidates were called by Champat Rai on 2 March 2025, interviewed by trustee Anil Mishra on 4 March, put to work from 6 March 2025, and initially given no ID cards — only Trust-issued duty sheets. Minor caveat: these details derive from investigation leaks reported with 'reportedly', and one report frames Champat Rai's role as referring candidates rather than a formal meeting, but no fact-checker or primary source contradicts the claim as of the broadcast date.

Evidence

• https://www.tv9hindi.com/india/ram-mandir-donation-theft-champat-rai-had-granted-supreme-powers-to-anil-mishra-10-employee-hired-for-cash-counting-3837919.html TV9 Hindi reports the same timeline: on 2 March 2025 Champat Rai called/met all the candidates, on 4 March they met trustee Anil Mishra, and on 6 March 2025 the 10 people were hired and started work; Champat Rai had given Anil Mishra 'supreme' power over cash-counting recruitment. ✓ reachable · archived
• https://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a1783207.html IANS-syndicated report confirms 10 new employees were recruited in March 2025, candidates were referred by Champat Rai and interviewed by Anil Mishra on March 4, received appointment letters two days later, and were initially not issued ID cards — allowed entry using only duty sheets issued by the Trust. ✓ reachable · archived
• https://www.yashbharat.com/ayodhya-ram-temple-offering-theft-case-questions-raised-on-the-hiring-of-champat-rai-and-anil-mishra/ Corroborates that crores in donations were being counted by staff working without ID cards, with questions raised over the Champat Rai/Anil Mishra hiring process. ✓ reachable · archived