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The petition has sought directions to the Centre, the Uttar Pradesh government and the trust for constituting and operationalising such regulatory, supervisory and audit mechanisms as may be necessary to safeguard public interest

Eight men linked to the Ram Temple trust were arrested amid donation irregularity allegations, with nearly Rs80 lakh recovered and resignations speculated.

The controversy surfaced on June 7 when Samajwadi Party leader Pawan Pandey alleged that donations worth Rs5 crore to Rs7.5 crore were siphoned off from temple offerings. On the same day, the trust rejected the allegations.

Rewarded for his unwavering commitment to the Ram temple cause, he was made general secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust in 2020. The donation controversy surfaced six years later.

Action has started after submission of SIT's preliminary report, says chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Ram temple donation row

Trust's general secretary Champat Rai and prominent trust member Anil Mishra resigned on Friday, said people aware of the matter. | India News

Before this apparent downfall, the 79-year-old, Bijnor-born Rai had become the ultimate insider in Ayodhya | India News

The controversy surfaced when Samajwadi Party leader Pawan Pandey alleged that donations worth Rs5 crore to Rs7.5 crore were siphoned off from temple offerings | India News

Prosecution officer KC Verma said five to six of the arrested were bank employees who were deployed for counting cash donations received at the temple. | India News

Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad on Friday termed the alleged embezzlement of Ram Mandir donations a "dacoity," while questioning the timing of the resignations tendered by General Secretary Champat Rai and member trustee Anil Mishra, asserting that the duo should have stepped down from their posts upon the commencement of the investigation.