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The SIT probing the alleged embezzlement of funds successful the Ram Temple present has instructed its spot and temple functionaries not to permission Ayodhya, according to temple sources who claimed that investigators recovered discrepancies successful documentation of offerings similar gold, metallic and precious stones.
The acquisition by the three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) was issued earlier they near for Lucknow connected Sunday (June 21, 2026).
The sources said 1 of the cardinal findings of the SIT pertains to the records of golden and metallic jewellery and different precious stones, including diamonds, offered by devotees to Lord Ram. According to them, investigators recovered discrepancies successful the documentation and accounting of specified offerings.
During the people of questioning, respective office-bearers of the temple spot were incapable to supply satisfactory explanations regarding the inventory, retention and accounting of gold, metallic ornaments and different invaluable items received arsenic offerings, the sources claimed.
They alleged that large irregularities whitethorn person occurred during the Maha Kumbh Mela play successful January-February of 2025, erstwhile the temple witnessed an unprecedented influx of devotees.
They said astir 10 lakh devotees visited the temple regular during the implicit a two-month play and donation boxes were reportedly filled with currency notes wrong hours, making monitoring and accounting of donations a large absorption of the SIT's investigation.
According to the temple sources, the regular probe reports, including those related to the questioning of spot officials and different persons connected with the investigation, person been saved successful integer signifier and the study volition beryllium fixed last signifier earlier being presented to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath.
At the aforesaid time, the SIT was sending reports of its findings to the Chief Minister's Office connected a regular basis, they said.
The sources said that the SIT's probe did not stay constricted to investigating the alleged embezzlement of funds, but has besides covered the purchases of onshore successful antithetic phases by the temple spot and besides the procurement of gathering materials for the temple.
The temple spot had allegedly purchased onshore respective times much than the marketplace rates. The contented had been vocally raised by antithetic governmental parties, including the Samajwadi Party and Aam Aadmi Party.
On June 13, the Uttar Pradesh authorities constituted an SIT connected a petition from the temple spot pursuing allegations of misappropriation of donations received astatine the Ayodhya Ram temple.
The SIT comprises Lucknow Divisional Commissioner Vijay Vishwas Pant, Inspector General of Police S. Kiran and Finance Department Special Secretary Neel Ratan.
