Overview
- Police say the 39-hour remand of key suspects ended Sunday and produced admissions from Manish Yadav and statements implicating Ram Shankar ‘Tinnu’ Yadav, after which both were sent back to jail.
- Investigators allege stolen offerings were moved out through a VVIP gate and a Bullet motorcycle and used to buy luxury cars, land, gold and to fund temple feasts, with several assets recovered during searches.
- The Trust has scheduled a meeting for 22 July to consider the SIT’s final report and decide administrative and legal next steps including committee changes and any public disclosures.
- Heavy monsoon rains triggered flash floods and landslides in Rajouri and Poonch that left multiple people dead or missing, prompted multi-agency search operations and saw the army rescue 11 civilians including five children.
- In Delhi, Sonam Wangchuk was taken to Safdarjung Hospital and urged supporters to press ahead with a Monday march to Parliament as police and central forces deployed more than 5,000 personnel and 25 battalions for crowd control.