Footage shows 5 key accused removing, hiding cash bundles
Closed-circuit television footage recovered from the Ram temple in Ayodhya shows at least five of the eight men arrested for the alleged theft of donated funds removing and hiding cash during the counting process. Sources in Ayodhya police said thorough scanning of 45 days of footage from the temple’s Pilgrim Facility Centre showed five counting personnel removing bundles of notes and hiding them in their clothes or socks. Meanwhile, the agency through which the counting personnel were hired has claimed that it did not scout for the men, and that these names were recommended for appointment by the State Bank of India where the donated money was deposited. Sources said police have already searched premises linked to the accused seen removing donation money and recovered cash. Police have so far recovered nearly Rs 80 lakh. Police registered an FIR on June 25 on a complaint by the Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust and arrested eight men: Avinash Shukla, Lavkush Mishra, Anukalp Mishra, Manish Kumar Yadav, Karunesh Pandey, Ramashankar Mishra, Ram Shankar Yadav alias Tinnu …









