Overview
- The Special Investigation Team reviewed CCTV from April 27 to June 5 and says roughly 70 theft incidents were visible across a 40‑day period, identifying repeated gaps in how cash and jewellery were handled.
- Investigators have named and arrested key suspects including Ramshankar ‘Tinnu’ Yadav, his nephew Manish Yadav and Avinash Shukla, and police seized about ₹20.39 lakh in cash, $1,121, jewellery and an SUV from Avinash’s home.
- Forensic teams recovered deleted and backed‑up mobile chats that reportedly mention sums above ₹2 crore and are matching those messages to bank transfers and CCTV while probing deposits of more than ₹10 lakh into Supriya Mishra’s account.
- The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirath Kshetra Trust met to consider the resignations of general secretary Champat Rai and trustee Anil Mishra and to discuss management reforms including a possible CEO and stricter counting and deposit procedures.
- The scandal has prompted other temple trusts to adopt transparency measures and comes as authorities manage unrelated national pressures such as confirmed fertilizer shipments through the Hormuz Strait and widespread monsoon flooding that has disrupted transport and emergency response.