| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
The investigation found that employees entering and exiting the temple were not being strictly frisked by the private security guards, and police suspect cash was taken out of the temple by exploiting this.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
CCTV footage revealed that on several occasions bundles of cash were handed to certain individuals instead of being deposited directly in the bank.
cash diversion
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
Despite CCTV surveillance, the temple had several blind spots, and per the investigation, counting staff would sometimes stand directly in front of camera lenses to block the view.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
The rule requiring counting staff to wear pocketless clothing was broken — many employees began counting donations wearing normal clothes with pockets.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
In the counting room, located in the basement of the pilgrim facility centre, the 40 donation boxes are opened only in the presence of trust officials, State Bank of India staff and counting employees, and 44 employees count the donations in two shifts before the cash is sealed and deposited into the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust's SBI account.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
In the year 2024–25, the Ram Mandir received donations of ₹153 crore, comprising cash as well as gold, silver, diamonds and jewellery.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
The Ram Mandir has 40 donation boxes in total, and on average 75,000 to 1 lakh devotees visit every day.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
Private security guards often collude with criminals for petty gain, and here too the private security guards likely colluded with the accused.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
According to sources, around 400 private security guards connected to the temple's security arrangements are now also being investigated.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
The FIR in this case was registered only after the SIT's initial report, and eight people were arrested.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
The SIT was constituted on June 13 with 15 days to investigate, after which it submitted its initial report to the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh.
SIT investigation timeline
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
UP Police today raided the homes of four of the eight accused, and the Uttar Pradesh government today extended the tenure of the SIT investigating the donation theft by another 15 days.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
The accused are people whose monthly salary is only ₹20,000–25,000 (₹2–2.5 lakh a year), yet lakhs of rupees are being recovered from them.
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
Police recovered approximately ₹18 lakh from Karunesh Pandey, ₹16 lakh from Anukalp Mishra, ₹14 lakh from Lavkush Mishra, and ₹7 lakh plus about 25 grams of silver from Ramashankar Mishra.
accused cash recovery
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
From accused Avinash Shukla, police recovered about 1,100 US dollars (worth roughly ₹1 lakh), about 11 grams of gold, and 159 grams of silver, in addition to cash.
accused asset recovery
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| Sudhir Chaudhary |
2026-07-01 |
UP Police told the court that it has recovered approximately ₹78 lakh so far from seven accused in the Ram Mandir donation theft case.
donation theft recovery
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
150 CCTV cameras have been installed on the Delhi–Dehradun Expressway, but they are being used only for issuing challans rather than preventing road accidents.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
Recently on the Delhi–Dehradun Expressway, a car that was reversing was hit hard by a vehicle coming from behind, killing four people.
Dehradun expressway crash
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
Between 2019 and 2023 there were 21.83 lakh (2.183 million) road accidents in India, despite the rise in challan collections.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
According to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023, 18.14 crore (181.4 million) traffic challans were issued, bringing ₹12,631 crore in fines to the government treasury.
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
A day earlier, in an accident on the Agra–Lucknow Expressway in Unnao, five people travelling in a car died; in that crash too the driver had dozed off.
Unnao expressway crash
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
This week a double-decker bus travelling from Lucknow to Noida crashed on the Yamuna Expressway, killing four people.
Yamuna Expressway crash
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
On the Yamuna Expressway (Delhi–Agra), 44% of road accidents between 2012 and 2023 were caused by drivers dozing off.
driver fatigue accidents
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
In one recent year (2024, as stated), road accidents caused by drunk driving in India killed a total of 3,204 people and injured 846 — meaning around eight people die every day in India because someone is driving drunk.
drunk driving deaths
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-07-01 |
Another major allegation in this incident is that the driver was addicted to alcohol, which is why he dozed off at the wheel.
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