| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
On the day of the Ram Mandir consecration, bhajans, kirtans and Ramayana recitations were held in more than 500,000 temples across the country.
consecration celebrations
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communal religion |
accurate |
60.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
People with no experience of the work were the ones assigned to count the Ram Mandir offerings.
counting staff assignment
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crime |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Champat Rai must take responsibility and keep himself away from the trust until the investigation fully clears the matter.
accountability demand
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communal religion |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The security company provides housekeeping, security and cash logistics services in eight states.
security company profile
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crime |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The company's Ayodhya branch chief manager recommended all 22 workers in writing, after which the agency recruited all of them without any verification and sent them to the Ram Mandir.
unverified recruitment
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crime |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The arrested cleaning staff belonged to Sainik Security Services Private Limited of Varanasi, which had sent 22 people to the Ram Mandir for housekeeping services, of whom six were put on donation counting.
outsourcing arrangement
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crime |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Six housekeeping (cleaning) staff members at the Ram Mandir were assigned to count the offerings, and police have arrested all six of them.
staff arrests
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crime |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The roughly ₹81 lakh was not recovered through independent police discovery; the accused themselves told police where they had hidden the money.
recovery method
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crime |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Approximately ₹18 lakh was recovered from accused Karunesh Pandey and about ₹14 lakh from accused Lavkush Mishra.
cash recovery
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crime |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Accused Tinnu Yadav had hidden money in a tin box — notes stuffed in a steel tank in a hostel room — from which cash was recovered.
hidden cash
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crime |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Approximately ₹20.39 lakh was recovered from the first accused, Avinash Shukla.
cash recovery
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crime |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
There are a total of seven accused in the case, one of them unidentified, and a total of approximately ₹80.85 lakh has been recovered from them so far.
accused and recovery
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crime |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav has claimed hundreds of crores of rupees of offerings were stolen, but the channel's own sources say such a large amount is false.
theft amount claim
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crime |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The police and SIT do not yet know the total number of accused in the donation theft case, nor do they have even a rough estimate of the total amount stolen.
investigation gaps
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crime |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Champat Rai's driver moved around freely anywhere in the temple premises whenever he wished.
driver access
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crime |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Champat Rai told police that accused Tinnu Yadav was an acquaintance but had no unlimited or official powers.
Tinnu Yadav ties
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crime |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Champat Rai told police that staff engaged in counting the hundi offerings were appointed by the bank through an outsourced agency, and that rotating their shifts was the bank's responsibility, not the trust's.
outsourced counting staff
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crime |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
In his answers to police, Champat Rai said donation information was shared at trust meetings but not the details of every transaction.
donation record keeping
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crime |
unverifiable |
45.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Champat Rai is on the Ayodhya police's radar and has been subjected to extensive police questioning in the donation theft case.
Champat Rai questioning
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crime |
accurate |
80.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Champat Rai failed to fulfil the responsibility of managing the Ram Mandir Trust that was entrusted to him.
trust mismanagement
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communal religion |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
If Champat Rai remains in his chair with full authority after resigning, the investigation could be influenced.
investigation interference
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Champat Rai, who is facing questioning, has resigned as general secretary of the Ram Mandir Trust but continues to occupy his post and carry out daily work inside the temple.
Champat Rai resignation
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communal religion |
accurate |
70.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
BJP, RSS and VHP jointly ran a nationwide darshan and celebration campaign across the country for 60 days around the consecration.
consecration campaign
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communal religion |
accurate |
50.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
On the day of the Ram Mandir consecration, bhajans, kirtans and Ramayana recitations were held in more than 500,000 temples across the country.
consecration celebrations
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communal religion |
accurate |
50.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The entire INDIA alliance — Congress, Samajwadi Party, Shiv Sena UBT and Aam Aadmi Party — has become active on this issue for political gain and is relentlessly going after the BJP.
INDIA bloc politicization
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