Ram Temple trust meets over donation row, awaits decision on key resignations

The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust held a three-hour meeting in Ayodhya to discuss the SIT probe into alleged donation embezzlement and the resignations of general secretary Champat Rai and member Anil Mishra. An official announcement is awaited

Ayodhya: The Ram temple trust met here on Monday for over three hours to decide on the resignations of its general secretary Champat Rai and member Anil Mishra and discuss other issues in the wake of allegations of embezzlement of donations.

The meeting of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust started at 3.15 pm at the guest house inside the Ram Janmabhoomi complex, with seven of the nine permanent members, including Trust chairman Nritya Gopal Das, being present. Rai and Mishra did not attend the meeting, the sources said.

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The meeting concluded at around 6.30 pm, with members gradually leaving in their vehicles. A large number of media persons were waiting outside the venue for an official word from the Trust on its decisions The Trust was likely to review the SIT probe into the alleged donation theft, deliberate on the stepping down of Rai and Mishra, and discuss appointments to key positions in the trust if the resignations are accepted, sources said.

Elaborate security arrangements had been put in place for the meeting, with additional police personnel deployed on roads leading to the Ram temple complex. The venue was shifted from Mani Ram Das Chhawani to the temple complex, citing security.