Ayodhya, June 26: In a major crackdown, the Ayodhya police on Friday arrested eight individuals on charges of misappropriating funds and valuable items donated by devotees to the Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir. The accused have been booked under various relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), top police officials confirmed.

Following the arrest of eight individuals in the Ram Mandir donation misappropriation case, the Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust’s General Secretary Champat Rai and member trustee Dr. Anil Mishra resigned from their respective posts on Friday.

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The arrested suspects have been identified as Ramashankar Yadav alias Tinnu, Lavkush Mishra, Anukalp Mishra, Avinash Shukla, Manish Yadav, Ramashankar Mishra, Subhash Chandra Shrivastava, and Karunesh Pandey. The arrests followed swiftly after a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted to probe the financial irregularities, submitted its preliminary findings to the Uttar Pradesh government.

The action was initiated based on a formal complaint filed on Thursday evening at the Ram Janmabhoomi Police Station by Krishna Mohan, who is associated with the Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. “The accused are currently being interrogated, and legal procedures are underway to produce them before a judicial magistrate,” a senior police officer stated.

Meanwhile, reports indicated that while the SIT had earlier questioned top trust officials—including Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust General Secretary Champat Rai, trust member Dr. Anil Mishra, and temple construction supervisor Gopal Rao—their names have not been included in the current FIR.

			
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