New financial clues surface in Ram Mandir donation theft; police scrutinise 15L worth transactions

VoM News Desk | July 5, 2026 | 11:44 AM IST | Breaking News, India | Follow on Google News

New financial clues surface in Ram Mandir donation theft; police scrutinise 15L worth transactions

AYODHYA, July 4 [VoM News]: In connection with the Ram Mandir donation theft, investigators found a fresh trail of evidence of a 15 lakh plus banking transactions belonging to one of the accused, Avinash Shukla. The probe revealed that Shukla not only made various money transfers to different individuals, but also cash transactions. Cops are investigating if the cash used for these transactions was part of the temple donations that were allegedly pilfered.

An investigation into the incident has also revealed that Shukla apparently gifted cash worth 2 lakh to a female acquaintance and also bought her a costly mobile phone.

Police are attempting to establish whether Shukla made these purchases with stolen cash or not. Police said Shukla’s brother, Abhishek, once saw him walking out from his workplace carrying cash and go to a yoga center to transfer money there. On being asked about it Shukla failed to answer and in the turn of the investigation Abhishek stated that one of the accused Anukalp told him that this money came from devotees as donations or donations and urged him not to raise this matter. Investigators are attempting to verify this aspect of the investigation.

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Meanwhile, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) which arrived on the temple premises on Wednesday morning on July 3, have been given another 15 days by the UP government to complete its probe into the matter.

An FIR in connection with the matter was filed on June 25, based on the interim report of the SIT and to date eight people have been arrested. The donations theft case also saw Champat Rai and former trustee Anil Mishra resigning from their respective positions of Ram Mandir on moral grounds.

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