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New revelations are being made every day in the case of alleged theft of offerings and manipulation of donations in the grand Ram temple of Ayodhya. Meanwhile, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has clarified the situation by issuing an official reply on the controversy arising over 200 kg silver bricks donated by the Sindhi community in the year 2021. Trust Treasurer Swami Govind Dev Giri has written a letter on his letter head to ‘Vishwa Sindhi Forum’ and ‘Vishwa Sindhi Seva Sangam’ assuring them that every brick of silver donated with devotion by the society is completely safe.
Sindhi community had written a letter asking – where did the 200 kg silver go?
Actually, this whole controversy started when Vishwa Sindhi Seva Sangam sent an official letter to Ram Mandir Trust a few days ago. In this letter, the society had raised the question that what happened to the 200 kg silver bricks offered by them at the feet of Ramlala on 26 January 2021? The Sindhi community alleged that even after so many years of donation, they neither received any official receipt from the Trust nor were given any information as to where and how this silver was used in the construction of the temple.
Silver bars of 20-20 kg were made by melting bricks.
Seeing the increasing controversy, Ram Mandir Trust has presented its side with documents and photographs. According to Treasurer Govind Dev Giri:
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The complete record of all the donated silver bricks is recorded with complete transparency in the ‘Valuable Metal Register’ of the Trust.
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In view of safety and better maintenance, the Trust Board later took a policy decision. Under this, the bricks of the Sindhi community and other silverware and utensils that came to the temple were melted.
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after melting 20-20 kg silver bars (silver ingots) with 99.99 percent purity Were prepared.
The Trust has also attached photographs along with its reply, in which the entire scientific process of melting silver, weighing it and preparing the ingot is visible.
The treasure is safe in the locker of State Bank of India (SBI).
The Trust has clarified that these precious silver bars prepared are currently Secure Strong Room/Locker of Ayodhya Main Branch of State Bank of India (SBI) are deposited in. In future, whenever the Trust Board deems appropriate, this silver will be properly used in the development of the temple complex or in other religious works.
The Trust asked for an important list from donors; Receipt will be issued
On the complaint of the Sindhi community about not receiving the official receipt, the Trust has said that since this donation came collectively from the society, individual receipts could not be issued. The Trust has now sought from Vishwa Sindhi Seva Sangam a list of all the 200 donors who had contributed for this 200 kg silver. The Trust has asked donors to provide the following details:
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Full name and permanent address
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Active mobile number and email ID
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PAN card information
As soon as the Trust receives this list, separate official donation receipts will be issued in the name of each donor. After this reply, the questions being raised by the Sindhi community regarding transparency have come to an end for the time being.
New revelation in offering theft case: ‘Setting’ was done even before counting
On the other hand, the police and security agencies investigating the case of alleged theft of offerings from the donation box of Ram temple have got many new clues. According to the latest information quoting sources, the accused did not just indulge in manipulation at the time of counting of notes, but the game used to start in the process just before that.
The huge amount of cash offered as offerings in the temple premises is counted through automatic machines. The main work of the accused arrested in this case was to arrange, bundle and straighten the notes before inserting them into the machine. Investigation has revealed that the accused used to separate a large amount of money in advance, keeping it out of the sight of CCTV cameras, on the pretext of arranging the notes. The police are now investigating whether some other security personnel of the bank or trust were also involved in this syndicate or not.
