Former Home Secretary says the 151-kg gold Ramcharitmanas he donated to Ram Mandir is now untraceable. He stated that Champat Rai refused to give any updates on where it went.
Ayodhya authorities have served a seven-day bulldozer demolition notice to a ₹1.5 crore house linked to Ram Temple donation theft accused Lavkush Mishra.
Police conducted simultaneous raids at the homes of eight accused in the Ayodhya Ram Temple donation theft case to track nearly ₹7.5 crore in missing funds.
The Special Investigation Team probing missing donations at Ayodhya's Ram Temple has submitted its confidential preliminary report to the Yogi government.
Cash and valuables worth Rs 2 crore have reportedly been recovered, while temple functionaries, bank officials and agency representatives were questioned over donation counting, bank deposits and financial records during the six-day investigation in Ayodhya.
As allegations of donation embezzlement rock the Ayodhya Ram Mandir, a probe into the temple's internal cash-handling system has put over 50 employees and associates under scrutiny, even as the Trust has denied any wrongdoing and sought an independent investigation.