Two days after a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Uttar Pradesh Police submitted a preliminary report, the Ramjanmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on Thursday filed a complaint, based on which an FIR was registered against eight persons on charges of theft and misappropriation of cash, valuables and funds received as donations for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
Confirming that the case has been registered at the Ramjanmabhoomi police station in Ayodhya, Additional Director General (ADG) (Lucknow Zone) Praveen Kumar said trust member Krishna Mohan is the complainant in the case.
Those named as accused in the FIR include Ram Shankar Yadav alias Tinnu, Lavkush Mishra and Anukalp Mishra. Lavkush and Anukalp are among those involved in counting the cash and valuables received as donations at the temple, said the police.
Yadav, who was trust general secretary Champat Rai’s driver, had been involved in the management of the temple since the consecration ceremony in 2022, an official said.
The three-member SIT, which included Lucknow Divisional Commissioner Vijay Vishwas Pant, IG Lucknow Range, Kiran S, and Special Secretary, Finance Department, Neel Ratan, had handed over the preliminary report to Sanjay Prasad, the Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister, on Tuesday. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is learnt to have reviewed the report on Thursday morning since he was not in Lucknow for the last two days.
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