| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Irregularities were found in the accounting entries for jewellery received as donations.
jewellery accounting irregularities
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
CCTV footage from the cash counting area was missing.
missing CCTV footage
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
If an average of ₹5 lakh was stolen daily since the temple opened to devotees on 23 January 2024 — 890 days ago — then an estimated ₹44.5 crore in donations has been stolen, though this is an estimate, not a confirmed figure.
estimated theft total
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Before the theft was exposed on 7 June, average daily donations at Ram Mandir were ₹16–18 lakh; after 7 June they rose to ₹22–24 lakh — an average increase of about ₹5 lakh per day once the theft stopped.
donation figures rise
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
The Ram Mandir Trust knew about the donation theft well in advance and yet continuously tried to suppress the news of it.
news suppression
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
All arrested accused confessed that the Ram Mandir Trust had detected the donation theft before the police did, took the stolen money back from them, and police later recovered the stolen cash and jewellery from the trust's locker.
trust cover-up
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
The arrest documents prove that the Ram Mandir Trust had full knowledge of the donation theft.
trust knowledge of theft
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communal religion |
inaccurate |
60.0% |
| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
ABP News possesses the biggest exposé yet on the Ram Mandir donation theft, including firm proof of the entire trust's complicity and written confessions of the thieves.
Ram Mandir donation theft
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communal religion |
inaccurate |
60.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
The anchor opines that Pushkar Singh Dhami's madrasa reform is a good decision that should be viewed positively, as studying maths and science will open higher-education paths for madrasa children.
madrasa reform praised
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
Uttarakhand had a total of 952 madrasas, of which 250 were sealed by December last year; 452 madrasas have been registered, and only 52 offer education up to class 12.
madrasa statistics
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70.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
From today the madrasa board has been completely abolished in Uttarakhand; no madrasa can run without registration with the new Minority Education Authority, government syllabus will apply, though religious education has not been banned and will run as separate evening classes.
madrasa board abolition
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education |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
There should be a full accounting of the offering thieves, the accused should be strictly interrogated, and no attempt should be made to shield the big fish in this case.
accountability demand
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
The entire donation-counting system — from removing cash from the donation boxes to depositing it in the State Bank of India — was largely manual, with direct human involvement at every level, which gave thieves an opportunity.
manual counting system
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
Several irregularities were found in the temple's records and documents for valuables, and as a result the entire inventory management system is now being audited.
inventory records audit
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
Police suspect that this lax frisking was exploited to carry the cash out of the temple.
cash smuggling
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
Private security guards were responsible for frisking employees entering and leaving the temple, but the investigation found that employees were not being strictly searched at all.
lax frisking
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
The counting work was done by outsourced employees whose responsibilities were not clearly defined and who were not properly supervised during the counting of donations.
outsourced staffing
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
Despite CCTV surveillance, the temple had several blind spots — places the cameras could not see.
CCTV blind spots
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
The irregularity in the temple donation theft occurred not at one but at multiple different levels.
temple donation theft
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
The anchor opines that Indian society and the system appear to have accepted dishonesty, such as routine GST evasion via buses, as normal.
normalized dishonesty
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
The anchor opines that India's system treats a peon taking leftover biscuits as a graver crime than big players who loot banks of thousands of crores and flee abroad.
unequal justice
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
In Bokaro, Jharkhand, contract peon Ranjit Kumar Himanshu — employed since 2005 on a ₹9,950 salary — was dismissed in 2022 for taking leftover biscuits and tea leaves after officials' meetings, and the Jharkhand High Court has now quashed the dismissal, ordering reinstatement with 50% back wages.
peon dismissal case
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
Cigarette and tobacco products attract the highest 40% tax, and in September 2025 Delhi enforcement teams themselves reported that buses leaving Majnu ka Tila, Akshardham, Kashmiri Gate and Anand Vihar smuggle goods to evade GST.
GST evasion via buses
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
Serious investigation began after Article 370 was removed in August 2019; the case was handed to the J&K State Investigation Agency in March 2024, about 34 years after the crime, and the chargesheet was filed after roughly two years of investigation.
delayed murder investigation
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
A contract peon in Bokaro, Jharkhand, earning ₹9,950 a month since 2005, was sacked in 2022 for taking leftover biscuits and tea leaves after officials' meetings; the Jharkhand High Court division bench has now quashed the dismissal, ordering reinstatement with 50% back wages.
wrongful peon dismissal
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