A court in Ayodhya today remanded all 8 accused arrested in alleged anomalies in Ram temple donation case to judicial custody till June 29.
The accused were presented before the local court following their arrest. KC Verma, Prosecution Officer at the Ayodhya Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, informed reporters that the remand was extended until Monday, June 29, when the accused will be produced before the court again.
Verma said that In total more than 79 lakh and 85 thousand rupees were recovered from them, except for one accused, Subhash. Nothing was recovered from him, though he was involved in the conspiracy. Different amounts were recovered from the others.
He added that the special court handling cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act was not in session, as it was a non-working day, resulting in the remand until Monday.
The accused include public servants, government-salaried personnel, and several employees from the State Bank of India, with about five or six individuals from SBI among them.
The eight arrested individuals are Avinash Shukla, Ankalp Mishra, Lavkush Mishra, Manish Kumar Yadav, Karunesh Pandey, Rama Shankar Mishra, Subhash Srivastava, and Rama Shankar (alias Tinnu).
The police filed a first information report at the Ram Janmabhoomi Police Station yesterday following a complaint by Krishanmohan, a member of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust.
The complaint alleges theft, embezzlement, and systematic misappropriation of funds donated by devotees for the Ram Temple.