Incident Raises Questions Over Temple Security

Avinash Shukla has been identified as the key accused in the Ayodhya Ram Temple donation theft case. He was employed with a monthly salary of ₹15,000 to count cash donations, but investigations revealed that he was involved in stealing donations nearly 70 times. SIT officials, based on CCTV evidence, confirmed that Ankalp Mishra, Lavkush Mishra, and Karunesh Pandey assisted him in the crime.

The accused allegedly created forged receipts to illegally collect donations from devotees. Ankalp Mishra, Lavkush Mishra, Karunesh Pandey, and Tinnu Yadav have admitted to collecting money using these fake receipts. The incident has raised serious concerns over the temple’s security and monitoring systems.