Warning ignored, SOPs bypassed: Five questions at the heart of the Ayodhya donation row
The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust received ₹82.78 crore in donations between April 2025 and February 2026 and manages investments worth around ₹2,100 crore.Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya. (HT Photo)As investigators widen their probe, five questions lie at the heart of the controversy.1. Investigators are now examining whether those recommendations were acted upon and, if not, why.5. He writes on crime, police and social issuesABOUT THE AUTHORPawan DixitPawan Dixit has been a journalist for over a decade.
- ▪The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust received ₹82.78 crore in donations between April 2025 and February 2026 and manages investments worth around ₹2,100 crore.Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya. (HT Photo)As investigators widen thei
- ▪Investigators are now examining whether those recommendations were acted upon and, if not, why.5.
- ▪He writes on crime, police and social issuesABOUT THE AUTHORPawan DixitPawan Dixit has been a journalist for over a decade.
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Warning ignored, SOPs bypassed: Five questions at the heart of the Ayodhya donation rowAlthough CCTV cameras were installed in the Ayodhya Ram Temple counting areas, investigators are examining whether monitoring was effective enough.Published on: Jun 30, 2026 12:12 PM ISTBy Rohit Kumar Singh, Pawan Dixit, Sudhir Kumar, Hemendra ChaturvediPrefer HTon GoogleShare viaCopy link The alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya has shifted the spotlight from individual wrongdoing to larger questions about oversight and accountability at one of India's richest religious institutions.
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