Ayodhya Ram Temple Donation Case: Is Champat Rai Off the Hook in the Ram Temple Donation Theft Case?
- The Uttar Pradesh Home Department submitted the Special Investigation Team's final report on the Ram Temple Donation row to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple Teerth Kshetra Trust, concluding the investigation into alleged financial irregularities.
- Preliminary investigations began after the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi police station registered FIR 90/2026 on June 25, naming eight individuals charged under sections 305, 306, 316, 317, 61, and 3 of the IPC and section 13 of the PC Act.
- A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi, and Justice V. Mohana directed the three-member Special Investigation Team, headed by Lucknow Divisional Commissioner Vijay Vishwas Pant, to expedite the probe.
- Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge demanded accountability for alleged offering thefts in the Rajya Sabha, while Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju dismissed the claims and demanded an apology.
- Prime Minister Modi personally announced the formation of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple Teerth Kshetra Trust, which the central government established with more than 70 acres of land handed over for temple operations.
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SIT Submits Final Report On Ayodhya Ram Temple Donation Theft
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to probe the alleged theft of donations at the Ayodhya Ram Temple has submitted its final report to the Uttar Pradesh Home Department, which has forwarded it to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. Eight individuals have been arrested in connection with the case, while former Trust officials Champat Rai and Anil Mishra have not been named as accused. The Trust is expected to review the f…
Champat Rai, Anil Mishra Get Clean Chit From SIT?
Former Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai and ex-trustee Anil Mishra, who had stepped down amid a temple donation theft controversy, are now actively holding meetings and interacting with seers in Ayodhya. This re-emergence coincides with the Special Investigation Team (SIT) sharing its final report on alleged irregularities in Ram temple donations with the Trust, sparking speculation about its findings.
Ram Mandir donation case: Former general secretary Champat Rai gets clean chit from SIT; probe underway
Both Rai and Mishra had resigned from their posts in the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust in June as a probe was going on regarding alleged theft of funds the temple received in donations.
Ayodhya Ram Temple donation case: Is Champat Rai off the hook in the Ram Temple donation theft case?
The Special Investigation Team probing the alleged theft of donations at the Ayodhya Ram Temple has given a clean chit to former Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai in its first report, according to people aware of the developments. The Home Department has examined the report and forwarded it to the temple trust for further action. The report reportedly does not name either Champat Rai or former trust member A…
Ayodhya Ram Temple Donation Case: SIT Final Report Clears Champat Rai, Anil Mishra
<p>The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged theft of donations linked to the Ayodhya <a title="Ram temple" href="https://news.abplive.com/topic/ram-temple-ayodhya" data-type="interlinkingkeywords">Ram temple</a> has not found Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai or member Anil Mishra guilty, according to sources familiar with the final report.</p> <p>The SIT's final report reportedly does not na…
Champat Rai, Anil Mishra get clean chit in Ram Mandir theft in final probe report
A three-member SIT has given Champat Rai and Anil Mishra a clean chit in the Ram Mandir offerings theft case. The report names eight accused and limits the case to those alleged to have carried out the theft.
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