The case of alleged theft of donations from Ram temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh is a hot topic. Due to which crores of Ram devotees of India are sad and there is a lot of anger in their mind. This is anger against those who stole the temple offerings. There is anger over the fact that Rs 2 crore has been recovered, SIT has also started investigation, but FIR has not been registered yet. The question is when will the FIR be registered, who is stopping the final FIR from being registered, who is behind this delay in the FIR?
After the storm of allegations and statements for the last few days, investigation is now going on. The SIT started the investigation at 2:50 pm on Monday, after which they left the Ram temple at around 10:30 pm. The SIT team remained in the Ram Mandir complex for about 8 hours. SIT examined the CCTV cameras installed on all the donation boxes. Took information about the cash being withdrawn from the donation box and its counting.
36 people were interrogated in the case of offering theft. Some officials of Ram Mandir Trust and some bank employees were also interrogated. The SIT team also examined the documents from 2021 till now. Gopalji Rao, a special invitee member of Ram Mandir Trust, was interrogated for more than 2 hours.
However, after the first day of investigation, no person has been arrested yet. On one hand, the speed of investigation has increased and on the other hand, the police has also started receiving written complaints. In the last 24 hours, there were 3 complaints in the Ram temple offering scam, due to which 5 major updates came out.
- 1. The first major update is that 3 written complaints have been lodged in the offering theft case.
- 2. Santosh Dubey, associated with the Ram Mandir movement, has also given a written complaint about the theft of stones.
- 3. SIT team has started investigation, meeting has been held with SSP and DM.
- 4. Ram Shankar Yadav alias Tinnu has claimed that he has not committed any theft, his property should be investigated.
- 5. Congress has demanded an investigation of the entire matter from the High Court judge.
3 complaints in case of offering theft
There have been 3 complaints in the case of theft of Ram temple offerings. One complaint has been lodged by Santosh Dubey, associated with the Ram Mandir movement, the second complaint has been lodged by UP Karni Sena chief Abhinav Singh and the third complaint has been lodged by the Youth Congress. If we combine all three complaints, there are many things which are being discussed for the first time in this entire matter. In the complaints of Santosh Dubey, associated with the Ram Mandir movement, it has been said that a large amount of gold, silver and jewelery has gone missing along with the offerings in the temple.
Misappropriation of more than Rs 200 crore
Trust officials and employees have embezzled more than Rs 200 crore. FIR should be registered against the accused and arrest should be made and polygraph test should be conducted. It has also been claimed in the complaint that Champat Rai, Anil Mishra, Gopalji Rao and Ram Shankar Yadav alias Tinnu are involved in the misappropriation. The second complaint in this matter which has been made by the Youth Congress is that they have demanded that the trust be dissolved. The power of the trust officials should be abolished. FIR should be registered and independent investigation should be done.
What did Ram Shankar Yadav alias Tinnu say?
The person on whom the most questions are being raised in this case is Ram Shankar Yadav alias Tinnu. For the first time, Ram Shankar Yadav has given clarification in this matter. Ramshankar Yadav has said that he is being targeted because he is close to Champat Rai. His property should be investigated, he has not committed any theft and is ready for every kind of investigation. Ramshankar Yadav alias Tinnu has spoken to TV9 on phone, listen, what is he saying about this offering theft case?
Giving clarification, Ramshankar Yadav alias Tinnu said that he was targeted because he was close to Champat Rai. Check the property, nothing was stolen. Tinnu has denied all the serious allegations against him. He told that the SIT has not interrogated him till now, while many allegations are being made against him. Tinnu Yadav clarified that all the CCTV footage of the temple premises is available and he still visits the temple. He said that his nephew Manish used to work in the temple, which should be investigated. He will fully cooperate in the investigation of SIT.
6 characters of temple offering scam
After complaint, investigation and clarification, so far 6 characters have come to light in the temple offering scam. The first character is Luvkush Mishra. He is a relative of Anukalp Mishra, and a member of the calculation team. Rs 5 lakh have been recovered from his house. The second character is Anukalp Mishra, he is the head of the calculation team. He is the nephew of Anil Mishra, he has bought the house for 65 lakhs. There is a lot of discussion about it. The third character is Ramshankar Yadav alias Tinnu. He is a close associate of Trust General Secretary Champat Rai. The management of depositing the offerings in the bank is in its hands.
The fourth character is Manish Yadav. He is the nephew of Ram Shankar Yadav. With the help of Ram Shankar Yadav, he got a job in the temple. The fifth character is Karun. He is also connected to the counting team and is under investigation. There is a suspicion of manifold increase in his wealth. The sixth character is Avnish Mishra. These are related to counting and management. These are also included in the list of suspects.
From opposition to religious gurus also worried
In this case, not only has the speed of investigation and clarification increased, but every day new facts are being added to the opposition’s allegations. Congress has demanded that this entire matter be investigated by a High Court judge. Congress has also raised questions on SIT. Congress has said that the SIT also includes those who were commissioners at the time of the Mahakumbh stampede. Religious gurus are also worried about this matter. Religious leaders say that religious people who have fear of religion should be included in the trust. Otherwise such incidents will keep happening.
Union Minister also demanded action
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel said the incident of alleged theft of offerings in the Ram temple of Ayodhya is extremely serious. He said that those involved in this cannot be forgiven and strictest action should be taken against the culprits.
Irregularities and scams came to light in 2021-22
Although the case of theft of temple offerings is in the headlines today, when the land was being acquired during the construction of Ram temple, there were also talks of irregularities and scams. In the year 2021-22, discussions about irregularities were in the headlines in local and national media. Aam Aadmi Party and Samajwadi Party had accused the Trust of buying low value lands at high prices. In this there was a case of purchase and sale of two lands.
The first case was of Bagh Bijaisi village of Ayodhya, where it was alleged that 1.208 hectares of land was purchased by persons named Sultan Ansari and Ravi Mohan Tiwari for Rs 2 crore. Just 5 to 10 minutes later, the same land was sold to the Ram Mandir Trust for Rs 18.5 crore. The question of the leaders was that how could the price of land increase by Rs 16.5 crore in just a few minutes. The second case was related to Deep Narayan, a relative of Ayodhya Mayor, who had purchased a land in February 2021 for Rs 20 lakh, which was sold to the trust in May 2021 for Rs 2.5 crore.
Scam from land acquisition to offering
However, the Trust had given clarification in both the cases, and had said that the deal of Rs 2 crore was based on the old agreement, while the price of the land purchased for Rs 18.5 crore was even less than the then market price. The entire payment was done through RTGS and the process was completely transparent. Overall, there have been allegations of scams in the construction of Ram temple, from land acquisition, during construction and now to the offerings, which are troubling the devotees of Ram Lala.
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