Ram Temple donation row: Rs 80 lakh recovered during probe; all 8 accused sent to 3-day judicial custody

LUCKNOW: A local court on Friday remanded all eight accused arrested in the alleged Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple donation theft case to judicial custody till June 29. They will remain in jail and are scheduled to be produced before the court again on Monday.Investigators have recovered Rs 79.85 lakh allegedly linked to the embezzled temple donations during the probe. According to sources, the cash was recovered from all the accused except Subhash Srivastava.Preliminary investigations revealed that, barring Subhash Srivastava and Ramashankar Yadav alias Tinnu, the remaining six accused were associated with a bank's outsourced cash management agency entrusted with counting donations received at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple. Investigators allege that the six were directly involved in counting the offerings when the embezzlement took place.The Special Investigation Team (SIT) is continuing its probe into the alleged misappropriation of devotees' donations. All eight accused will be produced before the court again on June 29.You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Lucknow | Silver Rate in Lucknow | Bank Holidays in Lucknow | Public Holidays in Lucknow | Lucknow AQI | Weather in Lucknow | Petrol Price in Lucknow | Diesel Price in Lucknow | CNG Price in Lucknow | LPG Price in LucknowStay updated with the latest Lucknow news. Download the TOI App.