Overview
- The three‑member Uttar Pradesh SIT submitted a preliminary report to the state government on Tuesday after examining donation registers, cash‑handling records, CCTV footage and recording about 150 witness statements.
- The temple’s own complaint led UP police to register an FIR on Thursday naming eight people on charges including theft, criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy.
- The SIT report reportedly identified procedural gaps in cash counting, transport, storage and CCTV oversight and recommended filing FIRs, a forensic audit of past donations, reconstitution of the trust and appointment of a senior government CEO.
- The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has declined to publish detailed accounts while the probe continues, and opposition parties have handed over land‑deal papers to investigators and demanded CBI, ED or CAG involvement and court oversight.
- Key allegations—loss of cash, silver and jewellery and claims of inflated land purchases—remain unproven pending forensic accounting and legal action, and the next steps to watch are the outcomes of the audit, any central‑agency transfer and court petitions seeking monitored oversight.