| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
The Ram Mandir's donation-counting system — broken no-pocket dress rules, CCTV blind spots, cash diverted before bank deposit, unsupervised outsourced staff, and lax frisking — was effectively helping the thieves rather than preventing theft.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
The UP government extended by 15 days the term of the SIT (formed 13 June) probing the Ram Mandir offering theft; eight people have been arrested and about 400 private security guards are now under investigation.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
In the Ram Mandir donation-theft case, UP Police told the court it has recovered about ₹78 lakh from seven accused, including about ₹20 lakh, 1,100 US dollars, 11 grams of gold and 159 grams of silver from accused Avinash Shukla.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Despite knowing about the theft, continuous attempts were made to suppress the news of the donation theft.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
This is proof that the Ram Mandir Trust knew well in advance that the donation theft was taking place.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Based on the statements of all arrested accused, police recovered the stolen donation money and jewellery from the Trust's locker.
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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.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
The arrest papers contain confessional statements in which every arrested accused has admitted their guilt in the Ram Mandir donation theft.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Only ₹1 lakh was recovered from accused number seven, Ramshankar Yadav alias Tinnu, and police suspect he may have moved additional money elsewhere.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
₹18,763 was recovered from accused number six, Karunesh Pandey.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
₹7,32,170 was recovered from accused Ramashankar Mishra.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
₹1,25,000 of stolen donation money was recovered from arrested accused Lavkush Mishra.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Accused Anukalp Mishra also admitted committing theft and embezzlement during money counting at the temple trust, and ₹16,08,240 was recovered based on his disclosure.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
From accused Avinash Shukla, police recovered ₹39,220 in cash, 10,121 US dollars (over ₹1 lakh), 160 grams of silver-like metal, an approximately 8-gram gold-like chain, and an approximately 3.5-gram yellow-metal ring.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Accused Avinash stated that after the theft was caught, he returned the remaining stolen donation money to the Trust, following which police seized the stolen money and jewellery from the Trust based on his disclosure.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Accused Avinash Shukla admitted that theft and embezzlement took place during the counting of donation money at the temple trust.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
The papers shown are the arrest documents of seven of the eight accused arrested in the donation theft case.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
The documents are proof that the Ram Mandir Trust had complete knowledge of the donation theft.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
The documents in the anchor's possession are the confession statements of the accused in the donation theft and constitute the first firm evidence proving the theft.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Champat Rai told his close aides that he will not leave Ayodhya carrying this stigma.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
ABP News was the first to make revelations holding Champat Rai responsible in the Ram Mandir donation theft case.
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
In the Pune Ketan Agrawal murder case, the anchor opines that whether the accused Siya Goyal drank or partied is an irrelevant question; the only question is whether she murdered her fiancé.
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
Radio operations officer Arjun Dev, posted in Ayodhya for 17 years and responsible for monitoring all 1,600 CCTV cameras at the Ram Mandir campus, was transferred to Gorakhpur after the SIT questioned him; he was a close friend of accused Tinnu Yadav and close to Champat Rai.
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
Today Faizabad police, with court permission, questioned accused Avinash Shukla in jail for about two hours; ₹58 lakh had been recovered from his house on June 5.
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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.
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