Raj Thackeray alleges donation theft at Mumbai’s Siddhivinayak Temple: ‘ ₹18 crore stolen annually’
Amid row over donations theft at Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) founder Raj Thackeray alleged that donations of ₹18 crore were being siphoned off every year at Mumbai’s famous Siddhivinayak Temple. Raj Thackeray claimed that the temple’s weekly earnings went from less than ₹50 lakh to ₹1.5 crore after the theft was caught. (File/HT Photo) Alleging that ₹1,400 crore had been stolen at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Thackeray remarked that temples are not safe these days and demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak on this issue. Frustrated youths visit temples, but even temples are not safe from corruption, he said, news agency PTI reported. Also read: Stone-pelting by CJP protesters happened even after Parliament march violence: Officials Thackeray was reportedly reading out a letter written by eight trustees of the temple, saying that some employees who stole money from the donation box at the Siddhivinayak Temple were caught due to the alertness of the trustees. He claimed that the temple’s weekly earnings went from less than ₹50 lakh to ₹1.5 …









