Shocking revelations in the Yodhya Ram temple embezzlement case. The SIT investigation revealed that the accused had bought expensive plots, luxury cars and iPhones with the donation money. Police seized cash and gold worth lakhs.
Ayodhya Ram Mandir Donation Theft: Staff members who counted cash from the donation boxes of Ram Mandir used to form an organized gang and steal. Each person involved in the gang was given a share of money. Jane can help in any problem situation. The stolen money was not kept in empty bank accounts but was invested elsewhere.
Some spent the money on movable assets, while others bought immovable property. Some bought things like iPhones, tablets and vehicles to fulfill their personal interests, while others secured their future by providing financial support to relatives. Evidence of such investments has been found with most of the eight accused sent to jail after the FIR was registered on June 25.
A game of cash and investments
One or two accused are like that. Those who had little known cash or investments. Since the case came to the media on June 7, reports about the suspect accused of donation theft and the amount of cash have been doing the rounds. But when this was confirmed, the preliminary investigation of the SIT was started on June 15 by the order of the state government and then an FIR was registered on the basis of the investigation report on June 25.
At the time of arrest and jailing of the accused, the police had made public the items and memos seized from them. Police reported recovering a total of Rs 79,85,493, US $1121 and a substantial amount of jewelery from the eight accused. The largest share was Rs.20,39,220 in cash and US$1121 from Avinash Pass.
What did the police recover?
Four days later, when the police took the accused into custody and went to their whereabouts. Brezza got not only cars and jewellery, but also an expensive plot in the city. 14 lakhs, 25 thousand received from Lavkush Mishra. In addition, expensive land registered in the name of his wife Supriya Mishra and bank financial transactions totaling 24 lakhs in one year have been found. Also Lavkush got a luxurious house under construction.
Meanwhile, cash of Rs.16,8,040 and a luxurious house worth Rs.65 lakh in Kaushalpuri area of the city were found from Anukalp Mishra. Anukalp also bought an expensive flat in Noida and a land opposite BBD College in Lucknow in the name of a relative. Along with him, he used to help his uncle and relatives financially. Many assets have also been found in the name of Karunesh Pandey.
Expenditure on land and building received from Tinu
Investments in land, building, shares and other assets by Ramshankar Yadav ‘Tinu’ were disclosed. However, only ₹1 lakh cash was recovered from him. However, due to becoming an accountant only a few months ago, he did not receive a large amount from his nephew Manish. But he spent considerable amount on Bhagavata Katha. Subhash Chandra Srivastav, who had been the counting incharge, also spent Rs. Notably, despite his tainted record in the bank, he was appointed in-charge after retirement.
Ranging from one rupee coins to ₹50 notes stolen
According to the police recovery memo, the seized items included currency notes ranging from ₹500 to ₹20 from Anukalpan’s possession and notes ranging from ₹500 to ₹10 from Avinash. Further, the recovery includes 1,121 US dollars, 159.54 grams of white metal (silver-like), 8.11 grams of yellow metal and a yellow metal ring weighing 3.44 grams.
₹500 currency notes from Lavkush, ₹500 to ₹10 notes from Ramashankar Mishra, 24.72 gram tow ring and two white metal coins, ₹500 to ₹100 notes from Manish Yadav, ₹500 to ₹1 coins from Karunesh Pandey; And seizure of ₹500 to ₹100 notes has been recorded from Ramashankar Yadav alias Tinu.
