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SIT Widens Probe Into Ram Mandir Donations as Records and Assets Fail to Match

Investigators have shifted from repeated interviews to cross‑checking registers, bank receipts and land files to resolve unexplained gaps that threaten donor trust.

Overview

  • The Special Investigation Team has intensified questioning of key figures and staff, including repeated summons to Ramashankar 'Tinnu' Yadav, while demanding registers, digital receipts and jewellery inventories for documentary verification.
  • Investigators say the biggest unresolved issue is a persistent mismatch between recorded offerings and the physical accounting of jewellery and other valuables, prompting a focused audit of safes, bank deposits and counting procedures.
  • Nripendra Mishra has called for a complete reworking of the temple’s management structure and said SOPs issued in 2023–25 were not followed, while trust leaders face scrutiny over informal supervision and unclear task allocation.
  • Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited Ayodhya, urged anyone with evidence to hand it to the SIT and warned that those found guilty will not be spared, and a separate police complaint in Mathura has been filed against Dinesh 'Falahari' Maharaj after his demand for a CBI probe.
  • The SIT continues documentary audits and re‑interviews with no determination of wrongdoing yet, a process that could lead to internal governance changes at the trust or calls for central agency involvement if gaps remain unresolved.