| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
According to information received by the channel, SBI outsourced donation-counting at Ram Mandir to a Varanasi security agency, which — at the urging of temple trust insiders — hired relatives and acquaintances of trust-linked employees; this group hid offerings and stashed them in a bathroom about 50 metres from the counting hall, from where trust-linked people carried the money out without being checked.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
After the theft allegations, daily donations at the Ram Mandir have fallen from ₹8-12 lakh earlier to around ₹82,000-95,000 per day, even though the number of devotees visiting has not decreased.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
The Mathura Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi temple receives offerings of about ₹1 crore per month and roughly ₹8 lakh per day.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
Sant Dinesh Sharma alias Dinesh Falahari Maharaj, president of the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Sangharsh Nyas, has written a letter in his own blood to CM Yogi Adityanath alleging theft of thousands of crores worth of jewellery and donations from the Mathura temple treasury, that CCTV cameras are switched off when donation boxes are opened, and demanding a CBI inquiry.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
A video has emerged of arrested accused Anukalp Mishra hosting a Bhagwat Katha in his village on which he spent lakhs of rupees, with Champat Rai Bansal present on the stage.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
According to sources, a big name associated with the trust has not yet been given a clean chit and his role is being deeply investigated; the SIT is also probing the control-room in-charge, security personnel, PAC and related policemen.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
The investigation found extensive attempts to delete evidence of the donation theft and dispose of the money; the accused wiped WhatsApp chats and other data from their mobile phones, and some phones were formatted.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
More than 30 people from Tinnu Yadav's network are on the radar of the police and the SIT.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
According to sources, the SIT probe found a massive rise in several suspects' financial worth — 50-fold for some and up to 100-fold for others — with suspicious assets like land and hotels under scrutiny.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
UP Police today raided the premises of all eight accused in Ayodhya, recorded statements of their family members, and recovered jewellery and documents from the house of Ramshankar Yadav alias Tinnu Yadav.
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2026-06-28 |
This straightforwardly means Champat Rai Bansal tried to cover up the donation theft, hide it, and prevent the truth from coming out.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
The UP government formed an SIT on 13 June; it submitted a preliminary report on 23 June; an FIR naming eight accused plus unknown persons was registered on 25 June; the eight named accused were arrested the same day and sent to jail on 26 June.
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2026-06-28 |
Despite cash being recovered on 5 June, neither Champat Rai nor the trust filed any complaint, and although the police knew of the matter, they took no legal action on the 5 June recovery.
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2026-06-28 |
As per the claim, on 5 June trust members and police went to Avinash Shukla's premises on Champat Rai's instructions, recovered cash from his house, and the police took Shukla away.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
A 24-second CCTV video dated 5 June shows a white car and four people, including accused Avinash Shukla in an orange shirt, two policemen, and a fourth man carrying a black bag.
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2026-06-28 |
The donation-theft case first came to light on 7 June, and ABP News' Janhit was the first to show the country the news of theft of offerings at the Ram Mandir.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-28 |
Trust functionary Champat Rai knew everything about the theft from Ram Mandir donation boxes; major evidence of this surfaced today, and despite resigning as general secretary and not being named in the FIR, it will be hard for him to escape.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
The Ram Mandir was built not with any trust's or government's money but with the money of ordinary Hindu devotees who donated voluntarily.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
The number of devotees visiting the Ram Mandir has not decreased; people are still coming but are no longer donating at the temple.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
Daily offerings at the Ram Mandir have collapsed from about ₹8–12 lakh per day earlier to roughly ₹82,000–95,000 per day around June 17–19 after the theft came to light.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
Kapil Sharma, secretary of the Shri Krishna Sthan Seva Sansthan, has also written to CM Yogi Adityanath calling the theft allegations baseless and questioning the complainants' motives.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
The Mathura temple receives around ₹1 crore in offerings every month and roughly ₹8 lakh every day.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
The letter alleges that jewellery, gold, silver and donations worth thousands of crores of rupees are being stolen from the Krishna Janmabhoomi treasury, and that CCTV cameras are switched off whenever donation boxes are opened.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
After the Ayodhya Ram Mandir case, theft allegations have surfaced at Mathura's Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi temple; Sant Dinesh Sharma alias Dinesh Falahari Maharaj, president of the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Sangharsh Nyas, has written a letter in his own blood to CM Yogi Adityanath.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-27 |
Champat Rai's resignation should be accepted immediately so that a transparent investigation can take place and devotees' trust is maintained.
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