Claim
There is no figure of ₹1,400 crore (rebutting the guest's claim that ₹1,400 crore was looted from the Ram temple donations).
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Rationale
No credible source substantiates that ₹1,400 crore was looted from Ram temple donations. Official/SIT-linked estimates of the actual theft are roughly ₹4–7.5 crore, with about ₹70–80 lakh recovered and eight arrests. The ₹1,400 crore figure that does exist in the controversy refers to the total donations collected before the trust was formed (a number Congress asked to be publicly accounted for), not to an amount stolen. Devgan's rebuttal that there is 'no figure of ₹1,400 crore [looted]' is therefore substantively correct; confidence is tempered because a ₹1,400 crore figure does circulate in a different (total-collections) context, making his blanket phrasing slightly imprecise.
Evidence
- https://theprint.in/india/ayodhya-scandal-decoded-understanding-the-ram-temple-donation-theft-case-and-its-implications/2973928/ Explainer on the Ayodhya donation theft case: documented embezzlement estimates are in the range of a few crore rupees, not ₹1,400 crore; investigation triggered by cash found on temple staff in June 2026. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.india.com/news/india/ram-temple-donation-row-explained-timeline-of-the-controversy-sit-probe-alleged-lapses-and-how-temple-donation-system-works-8458868/ Timeline of the row: SP MLA Pawan Pandey alleged ₹7–7.5 crore embezzled; ~₹70–80 lakh recovered, 8 arrested. The looted/embezzled amount is orders of magnitude below ₹1,400 crore. ✗ unreachable · HTTP 403
- https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india/ram-temple-donation-row-congress-kc-venugopal-writes-to-pm-modi-seeks-sc-monitored-probe/ Congress cited ~₹1,400 crore as the TOTAL donations collected in the temple's name before the trust was formed and demanded a public accounting — i.e., the ₹1,400 crore figure refers to cumulative collections, not to money looted. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.indiablooms.com/news/inside-ayodhya-ram-temple-donation-scam-cctv-covered-cash-hidden-in-toilet-as-sit-uncovers-multi-crore-theft/details SIT probe describes a multi-crore (single-digit crore) theft with CCTV tampering; no source substantiates ₹1,400 crore having been stolen. ✓ reachable · archived