| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Accused Lavkush Mishra had hidden ₹12 lakh under cow dung, and the brother-in-law duo of Lavkush and Anukalp Mishra allegedly stole heavily from donations, built lavish mansions, and bought land in several places.
hidden stolen wealth
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
According to sources, the SIT has questioned treasurer Govind Devgiri, including about why CCTV footage from the cash counting area was missing and about financial irregularities found in the internal audit.
SIT questioning treasurer
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
The accused claimed most recruitments at Ram Mandir were made by Anil Mishra, who also faces allegations of taking commissions for temple-trust jobs, which the SIT is investigating.
recruitment commissions
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
According to sources, jailed accused told police that trustee Anil Mishra ran the operation like a syndicate of about 100 people, with full control over donation counting and its monitoring system.
Anil Mishra syndicate
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Police first detained Avinash Shukla on 5 June in the donation theft case but had to release him because Champat Rai refused to have an FIR registered.
blocked FIR
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
A donation box labelled 'Ram Rajya Kosh' with a QR code was found at a yoga centre where Avinash Shukla lived with his brother; of the roughly ₹79 lakh in stolen donations recovered overall, ₹20 lakh came from Avinash Shukla alone.
stolen donation recovery
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Recoveries from other accused were: ₹1,25,000 from Lavkush Mishra, ₹7,32,170 from Ramashankar Mishra, ₹18,763 from Karunesh Pandey, and only ₹1 lakh from Ramshankar Yadav alias Tinnu.
recoveries from accused
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Accused Anukalp Mishra admitted to theft and embezzlement during money counting at the temple trust, and ₹16,08,240 was recovered on his identification.
Anukalp Mishra confession
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
From accused Avinash Shukla, police recovered ₹39,220 in cash, 10,121 US dollars from donations, 160 grams of silver-like metal, an approximately 8-gram gold-like chain, and a roughly 3.5-gram yellow-metal ring.
cash recovery Avinash
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
Accused Avinash Shukla admitted in his arrest papers that theft and embezzlement occurred during the counting of donation money at the temple trust.
Avinash Shukla confession
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crime |
accurate |
75.0% |
| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-01 |
The documents shown are the arrest papers of seven of the eight accused arrested in the donation theft case.
accused arrests
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crime |
unverifiable |
50.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
The Calcutta High Court has expressed strong displeasure over eggs being thrown at Trinamool Congress leaders and ordered FIRs against perpetrators, yet the incidents continue — TMC MP Mahua Moitra was pelted with eggs in Nadia today.
egg attacks on TMC
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crime |
misleading |
75.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
The anchor argues that the theft could have been stopped in January had Champat Rai acted, that in such a position being deceived and concealing others' sins is itself culpable, and that the entire mess resulted from Champat Rai's negligence.
Champat Rai negligence
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
Trust insiders suspected the offering theft as early as January, after a chartered accountant's monthly audit flagged a sudden drop in offerings and mismatched vouchers; the trust wrote to general secretary Champat Rai suggesting corrective steps, but he took offence and no system was put in place from January to May.
ignored audit warning
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crime |
accurate |
60.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
Champat Rai admitted to investigators that not filing a police complaint was his mistake and that he should have got an FIR registered.
Champat Rai FIR lapse
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crime |
accurate |
65.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
According to police, there is solid evidence against six of the eight jailed accused; they were shown on paper as employees of Varanasi-based Sainik Security Services (19 names in total supplied to the State Bank), but in reality they were relatives or associates of Anil Mishra and Tinnu Yadav, with the security firm serving as a cover.
fake security employees
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crime |
accurate |
75.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
Champat Rai suspects that Tinnu Yadav himself leaked the news of the donation-box theft to Samajwadi Party MLA Pawan Pandey and had him claim a theft of ₹7-8 crore.
theft news leak
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crime |
accurate |
70.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
When the SIT questioned Tinnu Yadav about a jewelled necklace seen in his hand on CCTV, he said he had given it to Champat Rai; Champat Rai later said the necklace is with him, on record and safe.
jewelled necklace custody
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crime |
unverifiable |
60.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
The roughly ₹80 lakh detailed by the anchor was actually recovered by Champat Rai himself on June 6 and kept locked up with him before police later took the amount on record.
Champat Rai concealment
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crime |
misleading |
60.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
Police told the court today that ₹7,32,170 was recovered from Ramashankar Mishra, who was caught stealing on CCTV by Champat Rai and is now in jail; a silver coin and a bichhua (toe ring) from the offerings were also recovered.
Ramashankar Mishra recovery
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crime |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
Police suspect Anukalp Mishra and Lavkush Mishra invested much of the stolen offering money in property and land, and today police raided their villages in Ayodhya's Milkipur area and questioned their families.
stolen money laundering
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crime |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
Lavkush Mishra, Anukalp Mishra's brother-in-law, previously worked as a delivery boy; trust members recovered ₹14,25,000 from his house, including 29 bundles of ₹500 notes.
Lavkush Mishra recovery
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crime |
misleading |
70.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
Anukalp Mishra was placed in the offering-counting work about two years ago on Anil Mishra's recommendation, and money stolen from the temple (stated as ₹18,240) was recovered from his house.
Anukalp Mishra theft
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crime |
misleading |
65.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
Trust members had already recovered money (stated as 18,763) from Karunesh Pandey, which was handed over to police on the morning of June 26; he also stole coins, with bags of ₹10, ₹5 and ₹2 coins recovered from his home.
Karunesh Pandey theft
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crime |
accurate |
70.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-07-01 |
Avinash Shukla, a resident of Pratapgarh, was selling water from a cart near the Ram Mandir until three months ago before being placed in the offering-counting work.
Avinash Shukla background
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crime |
accurate |
80.0% |