Ram Temple Donation Theft: Police raid revealed the houses of 5 out of 8 accused in Ram Temple donation theft.

Ayodhya. The case of allegations of donation theft in the grand Ram temple of Ramnagari is echoing across the country. In this case, after the preliminary report of the SIT formed on the instructions of UP CM Yogi Adityanath, an FIR was lodged at the Ram Janmabhoomi police station in Ayodhya. After which the police arrested 8 accused. On Sunday, the police raided the houses of all these accused of theft of donations in Ram temple. This has been revealed in the police raid.

Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh: Circle Officer Ashutosh Tiwari arrives at the residence of Anukalp Mishra in connection with the Ram Temple donation embezzlement case. pic.twitter.com/ALd2B30h7h

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VIDEO | Ayodhya: Police raid homes of eight accused in the Ram Temple embezzlement case including Tinnu Yadav and Manish Yadav for nearly 90 minutes; recovered Rs 79.85 lakh.

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VIDEO | Uttar Pradesh: Police raid homes of eight accused in the Ayodhya Ram Temple embezzlement case; recovered Rs 79.85 lakh.

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The houses of 5 out of 8 people arrested in Ram Mandir donation theft are nearby. In Kaushalpuri Colony is the house of Avinash Shukla, one of the accused of donation theft. The house of another accused Anukalp Mishra is also in this colony. Whereas, Lavkush Mishra’s house is also in Kaushalpuri Colony. The houses of all three are very close to each other. At the same time, the houses of Ramshankar Yadav alias Tinnu and Manish Yadav, arrested in the Ram Mandir donation theft case, are also located side by side at another place. The police is trying to find out who appointed the accused and on whose instructions and who hatched the conspiracy to steal donations from the Ram temple and involved everyone with him.

Ramshankar Yadav alias Tinnu, accused in the theft of Ram Mandir donations, was the former driver of Champat Rai, the general secretary of the Trust. At the same time, Subhash Srivastava was in charge of counting the amount. Lavkush Mishra, Anukalp Mishra, Manish Yadav, Karunesh Pandey, Avinash Shukla used to count the donations received in Ram temple. At the same time, the name of Ramashankar Mishra is also among the accused. Manish Yadav, who is among the accused, is said to be Tinnu’s nephew. Whereas, the two accused are also relatives. In this matter, General Secretary of Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust Champat Rai and member Anil Mishra have resigned from their posts. An important meeting of the Trust will be held on July 11. After which further action will be decided. At the same time, the police has been told that if anyone else is involved in donation theft, then they should take action against him also.