Claim
The Trust deed states that no trust member is accountable for any loss to the Trust and no member is personally liable for any damage.
“जैसे कि ट्रस्ट चलाने वाला हर सदस्य ट्रस्ट में किसी तरह की भी हानि के लिए जवाबदेह नहीं होगा। ट्रस्ट का कोई भी सदस्य किसी भी तरह के नुकसान के लिए निजी तौर पर जिम्मेदार नहीं होगा।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
The claim asserts specific wording of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra trust deed, but the deed's full text is not publicly available (the trust has resisted RTI disclosure, and the MHA told the CIC it is an autonomous body). As of the 2026-07-02 broadcast, no fact-checker (AltNews, BOOM, Factly, Newschecker, PIB) and no news report quotes any clause stating trustees are not accountable for losses or personally liable for damage; coverage of the deed discusses roles and appointment rules only. Such exculpation clauses are common in Indian trust deeds but normally carry good-faith/fraud exceptions, so the absolute claim can be neither confirmed nor refuted against the primary document.
Evidence
- https://www.tv9hindi.com/state/uttar-pradesh/ram-mandir-trust-deed-rules-alleged-irregularities-recommendation-based-jobs-donation-theft-case-3838712.html Detailed coverage of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra trust deed's administrative provisions amid the July 2026 donation-theft case; describes officer roles but quotes no clause exempting trustees from accountability for losses or personal liability. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.timesnowhindi.com/india/ram-mandir-donation-row-cic-says-ram-mandir-trust-not-answerable-to-government-article-154892298 Reports the MHA telling the CIC the trust is an independent body not answerable to government — the deed's full text has not been publicly disclosed, so the specific liability clause cannot be checked against the primary document. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/6/29/stealing-from-the-gods-indias-ram-temple-hit-by-corruption-scandal Context: the Ram Mandir donation-theft scandal (June–July 2026) that prompted trustee resignations and debate over trustee accountability, the setting of the broadcast claim. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://img.indiafilings.com/learn/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/12011233/Trust-Deed-Format.pdf Standard Indian trust-deed templates do contain trustee-exculpation clauses, but they are typically qualified — liability is excluded only for acts in good faith and not for fraud or willful default, a nuance absent from the anchor's absolute phrasing. ✗ unreachable · HTTP 403