{"id":29270,"date":"2026-07-01T13:10:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T07:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/ram-mandir-donation-case-sit-gets-15-day-extension-for-comprehensive-inquiry-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T13:10:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T07:40:50","slug":"ram-mandir-donation-case-sit-gets-15-day-extension-for-comprehensive-inquiry-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/ram-mandir-donation-case-sit-gets-15-day-extension-for-comprehensive-inquiry-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ram Mandir donation case: SIT gets 15-day extension for comprehensive inquiry | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132108485,imgsize-208059,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/sit-probing-ram-temple-donation-case-gets-15-day-extension.jpg\" alt=\"Ram Mandir donation case: SIT gets 15-day extension for comprehensive inquiry\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The special investigation team probing the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ayodhya\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Ayodhya<\/a> was granted a 15-day extension on Wednesday to expand the scope of the investigation and conduct a comprehensive inquiry into all aspects of the case.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The SIT will continue its investigation with the aim of taking the case to its logical conclusion through a fair and comprehensive probe.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>This comes after a local court in Ayodhya remanded all the accused in the alleged Ram Mandir donation case to 14-day judicial custody. The court&#8217;s decision follows a high-intensity investigation by the Uttar Pradesh police into reports of financial irregularities and the misappropriation of funds and offerings at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Earlier on Friday, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Trust general secretary Champat Rai and member trustee Anil Mishra resigned, taking moral responsibility for the incident.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Following this, Rai&#8217;s statement was recorded by the police as part of the ongoing investigation into the alleged embezzlement of temple donations, sources said on Monday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Champat Rai has been questioned; statements from other senior Trust office-bearers, including Anil Mishra, will be recorded later if required during the investigation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>On Sunday, the investigation into the alleged embezzlement of Ram Mandir donations intensified as a police team reached the residence of Avinash Shukla, one of the accused in Ayodhya.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Earlier, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra (Trust), in an official press statement, said, &#8220;We are shocked, hurt, and deeply saddened by the incidents reported over the past few days regarding the Shri Ram Mandir (Ayodhya). We are committed to ensuring a fair investigation and reassuring the devotees.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>The Trust also announced that it had received the resignations of Champat Rai, general secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra (Trust), and trustee Anil Mishra.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>The development came after a First Information Report (FIR) was registered on June 25 in connection with the alleged embezzlement of donations received at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/ram-mandir-donation-case-sit-gets-15-day-extension-for-comprehensive-inquiry\/articleshow\/132108503.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: The special investigation team probing the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya was granted a 15-day extension on Wednesday to expand the scope of the investigation and conduct a comprehensive inquiry into all aspects of the case.The SIT will continue its investigation with the aim of taking the case [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-country"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}