Ayodhya Ram Temple Case: 3-Member SIT Submits Preliminary Probe Report To UP Government
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Air Marshal (retired) Jeetendra Mishra, who headed the Western Air Command during Operation Sindoor, was selected from a shortlist of three candidates after the Ram Temple Trust's selection committee scrutinised 5,585 applications.
The three new appointments of trustees to the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra comes following a key adminstrative meeting which will also decide the CEO of the shrine in Ayodhya.
More than 5,500 people applied for the post, with 16 candidates ultimately appearing for interviews. Former IPS officers Rajesh Pandey and Paresh Saxena, along with former IAS officers Dinesh Chandra and Yogeshwar Ram Mishra, are among possible contenders.
The name of the first CEO of Ram Mandir can be officially announced in the Ram Mandir Trust meeting to be held on Wednesday. According to the information revealed, three names have been shortlisted by the Ram Mandir Selection Committee.
Based on the SIT's preliminary report, a case was registered against the accused under sections 305, 306, 316(5), 317(4), 317(5), 61, 3(5) of the IPC, and 13(1)(a) of the PC Act. The report was submitted by three-member SIT headed by Lucknow Divisional Commissioner Vijay Vishwas Pant on June 23.
The selection panel comprises former Supreme Court judge Justice Pramod Kohli, Lt Gen Vishnukant Chaturvedi (retd), and Suresh Haware.
More than 5,300 people have applied for the Ram Mandir CEO post, with 18 candidates shortlisted for interviews scheduled on Tuesday and Wednesday. The appointment comes amid an ongoing investigation into alleged irregularities in temple donations, in which eight people have been arrested.
The UP government informed the Supreme Court that it has constituted a new four-member SIT, headed by IGP Kiran S., to investigate the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. The Court directed the inclusion of a forensic auditor as the fifth member of the SIT.
The move comes after the Supreme Court, during the July 13 hearing, directed the Uttar Pradesh government to constitute a fresh SIT under the leadership of a senior IPS officer.
A meeting of the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust is expected to announce the names of the new General Secretary and trustees. The Trust earlier had 11 permanent members, but three positions have now fallen vacant.
The counting of offerings at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya has resumed in two shifts. New counting in-charges have been appointed and strict security arrangements have been put in place.
The SIT, which is probing the alleged theft of donations at the Ram Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya, has filed its status report before the Supreme Court. The court will now hear the matter again on Monday.
The SIT investigating alleged financial irregularities in donations received by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust will submit an interim report to the Supreme Court on Monday, as per sources. The agency has sought more time from the Uttar Pradesh government to file its final report.
Satish Mahana has clarified that his controversial remark about the Ram Temple donation theft was aimed specifically at Congress leader Digvijaya Singh.
The SIT probing the alleged Ayodhya Ram Temple donation theft is expected to submit its report after finalising its conclusions and recommendations. Sources say it identifies those responsible for the theft as well as officials accused of negligence.
