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A very sensational twist has come in the case of theft of offerings and financial manipulation in the grand Ram temple of Ayodhya. After finding strong evidence of large-scale financial irregularities in the initial investigation, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) is now going to conduct a thorough audit of the funds and every financial transaction of the Ram Mandir Trust for the last five years. Considering the seriousness of this investigation, the government has extended the deadline of the SIT by two weeks, after which the team will now submit its final report on July 15. This step is believed to increase the problems of many influential officials of the trust.
Criminal angle emerges from closed rooms, Champat Rai and Anil Mishra come on radar
According to information received from sources, SIT has decoded the criminal aspect of the case in its initial investigation, on the basis of which an FIR has also been registered. The investigation team is not only investigating the misappropriation of money, but also serious negligence in the security arrangements of the temple and the process of counting the offerings. After the clues received so far, big names like Anil Mishra, Gopal Rao and Champat Rai have come under the scanner. The case is being commanded by Lucknow Divisional Commissioner Vijay Vishwas Pant, IG Range Kiran S and Special Finance Secretary Neel Ratan, who will soon start this mega-audit by camping in Ayodhya.
Jewelery worth crores was kept without audit, suspicion of commission commission even in construction
The biggest problem facing the Trust has become to give account of the donated gold, silver and jewelery because it is alleged that no proper audit has been conducted for a long time. Apart from this, inputs of huge commission taking have also been found in the construction work of the temple, which has alarmed the investigating officers. After the scope of investigation increased, when Trust officer Anil Mishra was interrogated, he put the entire blame on a person named Tinu Yadav. However, when he was asked how crores of rupees were laundered during his tenure, he could not answer many sharp questions while confessing to negligence.
Midnight raid on ancestral homes: Cash, jewelery and property documents seized
After the confession of the main accused Luvkush Mishra and Karunesh Pandey arrested in the case, the police conducted simultaneous raids on their ancestral houses. In this three-hour raid that took place in Rudauli and Khandasa areas of Ayodhya, the police got a huge treasure. Sources claim that huge amount of cash, precious jewelery and documents of benami property have been recovered from the houses of the accused. The police have seized all these documents to gather evidence and have also taken the parents of the accused with them for questioning. In the coming days, some more shocking revelations are expected to be revealed in the interrogation of many other faces including Gopal Rao.