Overview
- The state Special Investigation Team finished a preliminary probe on Sunday and compiled a roughly 140–150 page report that it is preparing to submit to the Uttar Pradesh government.
- Investigators have questioned temple counting staff, trustees and bank officials, including named cash‑counting employees and senior trust figures such as Champat Rai and Ramashankar 'Tinnu' Yadav.
- Donors and the Jewellers Association say high‑value offerings including about 60 kilograms of silver ingots and jewellery are unaccounted for, donors have produced receipts, and verification of those items is still under way.
- The report maps who handled donations, cash counting and site duties and flags record‑keeping gaps that sources say could lead to removal or discipline of several sevadars and further action against bank staff.
- Beyond personnel moves, the probe is likely to push the trust to tighten donation controls and public reporting because the case has raised donor distrust and political scrutiny of the temple's administration.