A growing storm surrounds the finances of India’s Ram Temple Trust in Ayodhya. In a trio of developments on Thursday, the story escalated significantly. An RJD member of parliament filed a petition before the Supreme Court seeking an audit of the trust’s finances and a CBI investigation into allegations of embezzlement of donations made by millions of devotees. The petition described the matter as one of “exceptional public importance.”
Meanwhile, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) is reportedly preparing to re-audit the trust’s accounts covering the last five years, scrutinizing both construction expenditures and donation records. SIT members were seen speaking with people at the Ram Temple itself. Adding further pressure, former IPS officer Amitabh Thakur publicly demanded the trust place its financial documents in the public domain, emphasizing the urgent need to restore public faith in the institution.
