Claim
Times Now has accessed the SIT's recovery memo in the Ram Mandir case, and its findings are staggering.
“टाइम्स नाउ हैज़ एक्सेस द एसआईटीस रिकवरी मेमो एंड फाइंडिंग्स आर स्टैगरिंग, अस्टाउंडिंग एंड सिकनिंग।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
The factual core of the claim checks out: an SIT constituted on June 13, 2026 is probing the Ram Mandir donation embezzlement, and recovery memos prepared on June 26, 2026 were filed in court detailing Rs 78.85 lakh in cash, USD 1,121 and jewellery recovered from the accused. Multiple outlets (NewsDrum, ETV Bharat, India TV) reported these memo contents around July 1–2, showing the document was genuinely accessible to media at broadcast time; Times Now's specific claim of access is self-referential but consistent with this and contradicted by nothing. Minor caveats: the memos were formally prepared by the police investigating officer within the SIT-driven probe (attribution to 'the SIT' is loose but reasonable), and 'staggering/sickening' is editorial characterization rather than a factual assertion.
Evidence
- https://www.newsdrum.in/national/inside-the-ram-mandir-donation-probe-court-filings-detail-rs-7885-lakh-cash-recovery-12124075 Confirms recovery memos exist in the Ram Mandir donation embezzlement probe (Case No. 90/26, Ram Janmabhoomi PS): prepared June 26, 2026 and filed before a court, detailing Rs 78.85 lakh cash and USD 1,121 recovered from the accused — i.e., the document Times Now claimed to have accessed is real and its contents were available to media. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.etvbharat.com/en/state/ram-temple-donation-theft-cash-us-dollars-gold-recovered-from-accused-court-records-reveal-enn26070201331 Independent outlet reporting the same recovery-memo contents (cash, US dollars, gold and silver from accused incl. Avinash Shukla), corroborating that the memos were accessible to news organisations around the broadcast date. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.indiatvnews.com/uttar-pradesh/over-rs-70-lakh-cash-recovered-foreign-currency-also-seized-as-probe-widens-in-ram-mandir-donation-theft-case-2026-07-01-1046795 July 1, 2026 report (same day as broadcast) on 70+ lakh cash and foreign currency recoveries as the SIT probe widened, matching the timing and substance of the Newshour claim. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://theprint.in/india/sit-gets-15-day-extension-to-expand-probe-into-ram-mandir-donation-embezzlement/2974594/ Confirms a UP-government SIT (constituted June 13, 2026) is probing the Ram Mandir donation embezzlement, establishing the case context of the claim. ✓ reachable · archived