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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.
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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.
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2026-07-01 |
From day one the question has been whether the temple trust hired employees without background verification, and whether this too was a deliberate scheme.
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2026-07-01 |
Anil Mishra's syndicate consisted of approximately 100 people.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2026-07-01 |
On June 7, Champat Rai issued a statement saying no offering theft had occurred at the temple.
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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.
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2026-07-01 |
Police later had to release Avinash Shukla because Champat Rai refused to have an FIR registered for the offering theft.
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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.
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2026-07-01 |
According to sources, it was Avinash Shukla who carried the offerings from the donation boxes to the counting room.
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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.
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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.
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2026-07-01 |
A box labelled 'Ram Rajya Kosh', with a QR code pasted on it for donations, was found at a yoga centre inside the Ram Mandir complex.
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2026-07-01 |
ABP News has made it its mission to get to the truth of the offering-theft case and is finding evidence one after another that connects the links of this case.
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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.
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2026-07-01 |
Irregularities were found in the accounting entries for jewellery received as donations.
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2026-07-01 |
CCTV footage from the cash counting area was missing.
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2026-07-01 |
According to sources, the SIT has questioned treasurer Govind Devgiri, asking direct questions about lapses in offering management and oversight.
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2026-07-01 |
The role of treasurer Govind Devgiri has so far not been investigated in the offering theft case.
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2026-07-01 |
Champat Rai and Anil Mishra are already on the SIT's radar in the theft case.
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2026-07-01 |
The scope of the theft investigation has been expanded; the SIT will now also probe the money trail and deeply examine the role of every accused.
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2026-07-01 |
The SIT has been given 15 more days to complete its investigation into the offering theft.
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2026-07-01 |
This show (Janhit) had previously aired evidence and testimonies of Champat Rai's suspicious role in the Ram Mandir offering theft.
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