Ram temple donation ‘theft’: Police gets 39-hour remand of two accused
The move is aimed at allowing investigating officials to question them and help in recovering the stolen cash, valuables and other evidence.
The move is aimed at allowing investigating officials to question them and help in recovering the stolen cash, valuables and other evidence.
The order came after a complaint in this regard was lodged Vikas Tyagi, former provincial coordinator of Bajrang Dal.
Officials informed on Monday that Jaunpur Police managed to solve the case within 14 hours of the recovery of the body.
Police investigating the alleged embezzlement of offerings at the Ram Temple conducted a five-hour interrogation of three jailed accused on Sunday as part of their ongoing probe.
The accused named in the case include Ramshankar Yadav (alias Tinnu), who is associated with temple management, along with Trust employees Anukalp Mishra, Lavkush Mishra, Manish Yadav, Karunesh Pandey, Ramashankar Mishra, and Avinash Shukla. Retired bank employee Subhash Srivastava has also been named as an accused.
Special police teams have been constituted for the arrest of eight Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Science (SHUATS) officials, including the vice chancellor on instructions of ACP Karachhana, Ajeet Singh Chauhan.
Earlier, UP police doubled the reward on Shaista Parveen, slain gangster Atiq Ahmed's wife. She carries a Rs 50,000 reward on her.
The police have sought their custody by filing an application with the Chief Magistrate and have asked for 14 days of custodial remand.
The Commission issued notices to the state director general of police (DGP) and the commissioner of police, Prayagraj.
"I am solely responsible for my son's criminal act and his death as I had planned the murder," the mafia don reportedly told the investigators.
