All 8 accused named in FIR in Ram temple donation row arrested

Ayodhya (TIP): The eight people named in an FIR over the alleged embezzlement of donations received at the Ram temple in Ayodhya have been arrested, senior officials said on Friday, June 26.
The FIR, lodged at the instance of Krishna Mohan, a member of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, follows recommendations made in the preliminary report of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Uttar Pradesh government to probe the allegations.
Senior officials said all eight people named in the FIR have been arrested and are being questioned as part of the investigation. Those named in the FIR were associated with the process of counting cash and valuables received as donations at the temple.
“All the accused were in Ayodhya itself and were arrested on Thursday night. Further questioning is under way. Police are preparing to present them before a magistrate,” a senior official told PTI here.
The case has been registered under Sections 306 (theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master), 316 (criminal breach of trust), 317 (dishonestly receiving stolen property) and 61 (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, among other provisions.
Envoy to Bangladesh granted Cabinet Minister status
In a move underscoring the importance New Delhi attaches to ties with Bangladesh, the Centre has accorded Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi the protocol status of a Union Cabinet Minister in the Table of Precedence for ceremonial functions.
An Office Memorandum issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs on June 24 said Trivedi had been assigned Cabinet Minister-equivalent rank in the Table of Precedence as a measure personal to him, without any amendment to the existing order. The special dispensation, it said, would apply only to ceremonial functions. The development comes alongside a significant easing of travel restrictions, with Trivedi announcing the resumption of tourist visa applications for Bangladeshi nationals from June 28. “I am very happy to announce that we are resuming tourist visa applications, which can be submitted from Sunday, June 28,” the High Commissioner said in Dhaka. He said India would continue to facilitate medical visas in urgent cases on humanitarian grounds. Visa applications would initially be processed through five visa centres, with operations to be gradually expanded to other cities.