Probe team to investigate documents and question members of Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, says a senior Uttar Pradesh government official
Supreme Court also issues notice to the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra on plea for CBI probe
A petition filed by RJD MP Sudhakar Singh to provide and publish complete financial details of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, including foreign contributions, is listed along with two other petitions
Prayagraj MP Ujjwal Raman Singh demanded that the embezzlement case should be investigated under the supervision of a sitting Supreme Court judge; he also questions PM’s silence over the matter since the issue unravelled
The inquiry examined CCTV footage, statements of trust officials, bank officers, security personnel and counting staff, along with bank records, seizure documents, the MoU and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
After years of anticipation, with India’s apex court getting involved, the Ayodhya Ram Mandir was consecrated in January 2024, under The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. But more than two years on, the same trust is embroiled in a controversy, that crores of donations to the temple by pilgrims, have been embezzled. We look at what happened and the repurcussions of that event.
Allegations of financial irregularities regarding donations to the Ram temple in Ayodhya gained pace in the past month, leading to the arrest of eight. Here is a timeline of key events.
Mayawati’s post comes amid ongoing probes by Ayodhya Police and a state government-formed Special Investigation Team into the theft of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya
The accused were produced before Special Judge, Anti Corruption Court, Rajat Verma through video conferencing after their earlier judicial custody expired, Special Prosecution Officer Umesh Dubey said
During the oral mention, Mr. Goswami informed the Bench that the Supreme Court Registry had informed him that the petition would be taken up only after the summer vacation, which ends on July 12