Ram temple offering theft case: FIR registered against 8 people, action taken after SIT investigation

Lucknow/Ayodhya, 25 June. Following the complaint of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust and the recommendation of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) regarding the alleged scam in the offerings of Ram temple in Ayodhya, an FIR was registered at Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Kotwali on Thursday.

According to sources, eight people have been named in the FIR. These include Ramashankar Yadav (Tinnu Yadav), Anukalp Mishra, Avinash Shukla, Manish Yadav, Ramashankar Mishra, Subhash, Karunesh and Lavkush Mishra.

Two main accused – Lavkush Mishra and Anukalp Mishra arrested

Of these, two main accused – Lavkush Mishra and Anukalp Mishra have also been arrested. Both of them used to count the notes. Meanwhile, Avinash Tripathi, Karunesh Pandey, Subhash and Manish Yadav have been detained. Subhash was handling the responsibility of counting in-charge.

On the instructions of the UP government, an FIR has been registered under sections 306, 316(5), 317(4), 317(5), 61 and 3(5) of the Indian Penal Code. These include sections of theft, aiding and abetting theft, embezzlement, cheating, criminal conspiracy and criminal breach of trust by a government employee or institution employee.

Case registered on the complaint of Shri Krishna Mohan

According to the information received, a case has been registered on the complaint of Shri Krishna Mohan. All the people from whom the money was received have been named in the FIR. It is being said that there will be large scale arrests in this case. In such a situation, all eyes are now on further investigation and possible action. The complainant has stated in his complaint that these eight people were systematically stealing the offerings from the temple. This has also come to light in the SIT investigation.

Akhilesh Yadav’s taunt – hang Fungi, Shakhas will be hanged

Meanwhile, after the FIR was registered against eight people in the Ram Temple offering theft case, former CM of the state and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav said sarcastically – ‘This tableau of injustice will be seen under BJP rule. The bud will be hanged, the branches will be hanged.

Akhilesh posted on social media and said that the public is saying that first under the pretext of SIT, all the evidence would have been cleared and it would have been decided which big fishes have to be saved and which ones have to be implicated, after that FIR is being filed. It seems that a report would have been prepared and given to the SIT first and the investigation would have been conducted accordingly. Meaning the conclusion must have been drawn earlier.

It is noteworthy that this matter became the subject of political debate for the first time on June 7, when Akhilesh Yadav had claimed that there was a disturbance in the donations worth crores of rupees offered by the devotees in the Ram temple. He had also demanded the court to take cognizance of this matter.