Overview
- The Uttar Pradesh government formed a three‑member Special Investigation Team that began work at the Ram Temple on Monday, June 15, 2026, and was given seven days for a preliminary report and 15 days for a final report.
- Police detained at least one temple employee linked to cash counting, searched his home and recovered about Rs 10 lakh in cash, but investigators have not yet publicly linked recovered funds to the temple’s donation accounts.
- The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust denies any proven wrongdoing, says internal audits and bank checks by the State Bank of India are underway, and the Trust itself requested an impartial probe to clear rumours.
- A representation filed with the Supreme Court by Advocate‑on‑Record Anoop Prakash Awasthi seeks directions to register an FIR and order a court‑monitored CBI investigation, pressing for a more independent criminal probe than the state SIT.
- Media reports and unnamed sources have suggested much larger losses and dozens of staff under scrutiny, but those figures remain unverified; donations are routinely counted by SBI teams under CCTV and private contractors, which investigators will examine as they trace the money trail.