| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
A Haridwar-to-Indore sleeper bus caught fire after colliding with a truck on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, killing eight people who were burned alive; the anchor asserts dishonesty (tax-evading cargo), not just the accident, killed them.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
At the Ram Lalla consecration in January 2024, Dr. Anil Mishra and his wife were made the yajman (chief patrons) of the seven-day religious rituals.
consecration yajman irony
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
Champat Rai has already been questioned by police, and a notice has now been issued to Anil Mishra for questioning.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
The SIT believes Anil Mishra's assets have grown rapidly in recent years, and he was a witness in all the land deals where the temple trust bought land at inflated prices.
Anil Mishra assets probe
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
When the State Bank of India demanded replacement of the donation-counting staff, Anil Mishra opposed it most strongly and got the replacement process halted.
blocked staff replacement
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
Of the people hired by the temple trust, Anil Mishra recruited the most — 125 people who were his relatives or acquaintances — while the number hired on Champat Rai and Gopal Rao's recommendations was half that.
trust hiring nepotism
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
It is alleged that all eight arrested accused named Anil Mishra in connection with the theft.
Anil Mishra suspicion
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
According to sources, police suspicion falls most heavily on trust member Anil Mishra: two of the eight arrested accused are his relatives, and he personally arranged Anukalp Mishra's job.
Anil Mishra suspicion
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
Accused Ramshankar 'Tinnu' Yadav was Champat Rai's driver who was given a job at Ram Mandir by Champat Rai; ₹1 lakh cash was recovered from his hostel near Ganga Hospital in Ayodhya.
Ram Mandir donation theft
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
The theft method involved separating ₹500 notes during counting, inserting extra notes into bundles of 100, and stealing those extra notes since vouchers only recorded the number of bundles, not their exact value.
donation theft method
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crime |
accurate |
82.0% |
| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
The fourth accused, Lavkush Mishra — also a relative of Anil Mishra and Anukalp Mishra's brother-in-law — was found with ₹14,25,000 including 2,850 notes of ₹500.
Ram Mandir donation theft
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crime |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
Anukalp Mishra, a relative of temple trust member Anil Mishra who was present in the counting room, was found with approximately ₹16,82,040 in cash including 2,853 notes of ₹500.
Ram Mandir donation theft
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crime |
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72.0% |
| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
The second accused, Karunesh Pandey, who counted the donation cash, was found with ₹18,763 in cash including 500-rupee and 200-rupee notes.
Ram Mandir donation theft
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crime |
inaccurate |
70.0% |
| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
Police recovered from accused Avinash Shukla (who kept the register of donations) the largest haul: ₹39,220 in cash, 10,121 US dollars, 169.54 grams of silver-like metal, an 8.14-gram chain, and a 3.44-gram gold ring.
Ram Mandir donation theft
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crime |
inaccurate |
90.0% |
| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
Champat Rai knew about the theft from 26 May, and on 5 June ₹5 lakh in cash was recovered from accused Avinash Shukla's premises.
Champat Rai's prior knowledge
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
The channel's team found, at the Kaushalpuri yoga centre where accused Avinash Shukla lived with his brother Abhishek, a locked trunk labelled 'Ram Rajya Kosh' bearing a Paytm QR code that resolves to a 'Ram Rajya Kosh' donation account.
Ram Rajya Kosh QR trunk
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
The anchor asserts that the theft of Ram Mandir offerings now stands proven with evidence, and calls it a day no Ram devotee will forget.
temple theft proven
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
The seventh accused, Ramashankar Mishra, had ₹7,32,170 in cash, two white-metal coins, and a toe-ring ornament weighing 24.72 grams recovered from him.
cash recovery from accused
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
The sixth accused, Ram Shankar Yadav alias Tinnu Yadav, was Champat Rai's driver and was given a job at the Ram Mandir by Champat Rai; ₹1 lakh in cash including 180 notes of ₹500 was recovered from his hostel near Ganga Hospital in Ayodhya.
Champat Rai's driver arrest
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
The fifth accused, Manish Kumar Yadav, who was present daily at the counting, had cash recovered including 270 notes of ₹500, 105 notes of ₹200, and 400 notes of ₹100.
cash recovery from accused
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
The alleged theft method was that during counting, ₹500 notes were separated into bundles of 100 notes, extra notes were slipped into the bundles, and since vouchers only recorded the number of bundles rather than their value, the extra notes were later stolen.
theft modus operandi
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
The fourth accused, Lavkush Mishra, also a relative of Anil Mishra and brother-in-law of Anukalp Mishra, had ₹14,25,000 recovered from him, including 2,850 notes of ₹500.
trust relative's recovery
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
The third accused Anukalp Mishra, a relative of temple trust member Anil Mishra who was present in the counting room, had ₹16,82,040 in cash recovered, including 2,853 notes of ₹500.
trust relative's recovery
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crime |
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75.0% |
| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
The second accused, Karunesh Pandey, who counted the cash offerings, had ₹18,763 in cash recovered from him by police.
cash recovery from accused
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crime |
inaccurate |
85.0% |
| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
From Avinash Shukla, police also recovered 169.54 grams of silver-like metal, an 8.14 gram chain, and a gold ring weighing 3.44 grams.
jewellery recovery from accused
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crime |
inaccurate |
60.0% |