Overview
- A Special Investigation Team in Ayodhya has expanded its inquiry into donations, jewelry and transaction records and is summoning key figures and many staff to match oral accounts with documents.
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath urged people to hand evidence to the SIT and said anyone found guilty would face strict action, comments that intensified official scrutiny on Friday.
- Ram Janmabhoomi construction chief Nripendra Mishra said supervision was informal, written SOPs were not followed and he called for the temple’s management structure to be rebuilt under experienced officials.
- Earlier court filings have questioned police explanations for missing valuables in related cases and ordered fresh probes, and the Indore High Court has set a hearing for June 22 on government funding for a ₹9 crore medical injection for a child.
- The probe comes against a backdrop of the trust’s volunteer-driven committees, rising political tension and wider governance moves such as Delhi’s new winter air-quality plan and the Supreme Court’s ruling that safe use of footpaths is a fundamental right.