| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
Trustee Gopal Rao, seen in Ram Mandir aarti visuals, has been questioned in the SIT probe and his role in the donation theft has been described as suspicious, yet he remains active in the Trust.
trustee Gopal Rao
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
The anchor speculates that preparations may be underway to make Champat Rai a witness instead of an accused.
witness-not-accused ploy
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
Ayodhya's lawyers have decided that no advocate will represent the donation-theft accused, with a five lakh rupee fine on any lawyer who does, and the Bar Association has given an ultimatum that Champat Rai and Anil Mishra must leave Ayodhya within three days.
Bar Association boycott
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
Allegations are being made that the investigation is being deliberately confined to the eight small thieves in order to shield senior Trust office-bearers.
investigation scope limited
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
The anchor suggests remand was not sought because interrogation might lead the accused to name the 'big fish' behind the donation theft.
shielding big fish
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
Police arrested all eight accused late on the night of June 28, produced them in court on Friday without seeking remand, and at today's video-conference hearing again did not seek remand, so the court sent all of them to jail until July 13.
repeated remand refusal
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
After Tinnu Yadav's arrest, police raided his house and recovered jewellery, cash and property documents.
assets recovered in raid
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
Tinnu Yadav, accused number eight in the FIR but the main accused, is Champat Rai's former driver and was trusted enough that Champat Rai handed him the keys to the donation boxes, which police have recovered from him.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
Despite lakhs of rupees in offering cash being recovered from Avinash Shukla, Champat Rai did not get any FIR registered.
Champat Rai FIR inaction
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
The same Avinash Shukla is now named first in the FIR's list of donation thieves.
Shukla now prime accused
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
On June 5, police picked up accused Avinash Shukla from his home with cash recovered, but the Ram Mandir Trust filed no complaint, police registered no FIR, and Shukla was later released.
suppressed June FIR
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
Lavkush Mishra, Anukalp Mishra's partner in the offering theft, also lives in Ayodhya's Kaushalpuri colony; the two are relatives and co-accused in the case.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
Anukalp Mishra was poor before getting the Ram Mandir job, but while counting offerings he built a sizeable house in Ayodhya's Kaushalpuri colony.
accused's sudden wealth
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
Anukalp Mishra is listed second among the accused; he was responsible for counting cash in the counting room, played the main role in tampering with CCTV cameras, and hid stolen offerings in the bathroom.
Anukalp Mishra's role
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
The anchor speculates whether Champat Rai was the ringleader under whose patronage the eight thieves were stealing the Ram temple offerings.
Champat Rai as ringleader
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
The police did not seek remand of the eight arrested thieves, so the court sent all eight accused to judicial custody until July 13.
police remand lapse
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
Despite resigning, Champat Rai has been allowed to remain in his post until July 6 and has been given immunity from any action until the Ram Mandir Trust meeting on that date.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
No copy of Champat Rai's resignation has surfaced, and the Ram Mandir Trust has not yet accepted his resignation.
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
The anchor suggests a plan may be underway to honourably exonerate Champat Rai in the donation theft, with the Ram Mandir Trust, SIT and police all colluding.
alleged exoneration plan
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
Champat Rai has resigned over the Ram Mandir donation theft but still remains in the Trust, while the eight accused thieves have been sent to jail.
Champat Rai resignation
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-29 |
Those who repeatedly try to prove you wrong are actually the ones most frightened by your truth.
motivational aphorism
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-29 |
Per the Swiss glacier monitoring network, snow/ice that normally melts completely by August melted completely last week due to the heat.
glacier melt
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-29 |
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts warns that a worse phase of the heatwave will begin next week, with temperatures in several countries possibly reaching 45-46 degrees Celsius.
heatwave forecast
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-29 |
A similar heatwave in 2022 killed more than 60,000 people in Europe.
2022 heatwave deaths
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-29 |
According to the WHO, the European heatwave is affecting about 740 million people, of whom 150 million are enduring extreme heat above 35 degrees Celsius.
Europe heatwave exposure
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