| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
Ayodhya police were not allowed near the counting room, and CCTV footage of the counting room was not made available to the police control room.
police access denied
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communal religion |
accurate |
68.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
When supervisor Subhash Srivastava objected to being frisked on the first day, Champat Rai changed the rule so that daily frisking was replaced with only occasional random frisking.
frisking rule change
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communal religion |
accurate |
58.0% |
| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
One should fear one's own wrongdoings rather than God; God forgives, but bad deeds never stop following you.
karma morality
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Ayodhya's mayor Girish Tripathi is also confirming the claim that any kind of job at Ram Mandir was obtained only through the recommendation of Anil Mishra and Gopal Rao.
patronage hiring confirmation
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Anil Mishra has faced allegations of taking commissions for giving jobs connected to the Ram Mandir and the temple trust, and the SIT is investigating this as well.
job commission allegations
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
The accused have claimed that Anil Mishra made the most recruitments at Ram Mandir, that hirings also happened on the recommendations of Champat Rai and Gopal Rao, and that Anil Mishra's recommendations dominate the offering-counting staff.
patronage recruitment
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Anil Mishra's syndicate consisted of approximately 100 people.
syndicate size
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
According to sources, jailed accused told police during interrogation that Anil Mishra was running the system like a syndicate and had complete control over the counting of offerings.
counting syndicate
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Anil Mishra used all his power to suppress news of the offering theft and shield the thieves from the law, but the gang of thieves is now revealing his secrets.
cover-up allegation
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Anil Mishra is a former RSS prant karyavah who was associated with the Ram Mandir movement and was the chief yajman (patron) at the Ram Mandir inauguration.
Anil Mishra RSS background
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
In the offering-theft saga, Champat Rai and Anil Mishra are equally suspect, but successive revelations suggest trustee Anil Mishra was perhaps the most cunning player in the theft.
Anil Mishra suspicion
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
On June 7, Champat Rai issued a statement saying no offering theft had occurred at the temple.
theft denial statement
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Arrest papers obtained by ABP News prove that Champat Rai had the stolen money and goods recovered from all eight arrested accused — not just Avinash — taken back and deposited into the Trust.
evidence suppression
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Police later had to release Avinash Shukla because Champat Rai refused to have an FIR registered for the offering theft.
FIR refusal
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Of the roughly ₹79 lakh of stolen offerings recovered, the largest share was recovered from Avinash Shukla alone, and on June 5 police first detained Avinash in the offering-theft case.
Avinash Shukla arrest
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
According to sources, it was Avinash Shukla who carried the offerings from the donation boxes to the counting room.
offering handling role
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
It is alleged that a portion of the money recovered from Avinash Shukla on June 5 was recovered from this donation box.
recovered stolen money
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
The donation box is connected to Avinash Shukla, arrested in the offering theft; he lived at that yoga centre with his brother Abhishek Shukla.
donation box link
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
If the saints keep fighting among themselves, how will the offering thieves be caught?
saints' infighting
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
After the offering-theft revelations, sadhus and saints are staking a claim over the Ram Mandir Trust and were seen fighting among themselves over the theft issue.
saints' trust claim dispute
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
The rise in offering figures proves the theft was real, contradicting those who were denying that any offering theft took place.
theft denial rebuttal
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Since the theft stopped, daily offerings at the Ram Mandir have increased by an average of Rs 5 lakh per day.
offering collections rise
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Before the theft was exposed on June 7, the Ram Mandir received an average of Rs 16-18 lakh in daily offerings; after June 7, daily offerings have risen to Rs 22-24 lakh.
offering collections rise
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Whoever committed the offering theft, the damage it has caused to the faith of crores of people is impossible to repair.
devotees' faith damage
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
ABP News has learned that Champat Rai told his close aides that Tinnu Yadav betrayed him, and that he will not leave Ayodhya carrying the stigma of the offering theft.
Champat Rai statement
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