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A controversy has erupted over the embezzlement of donations for the Ayodhya Ram Temple, leading to the resignations of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust General Secretary Champat Rai and trustee Anil Mishra.
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00:11KROARS DONATED IN LAWDRAM'S NAME
00:17WHO BETRAYED THEIR FAITH
00:28This story goes beyond money.
00:34It is about Aastha, devotion and trust.
00:45Who betrayed KROARS of Rambhavs?
00:48Time for me also because I had very good memories with trust members and this incident is shocking.
00:55Hopefully the guilty will be caught.
00:59The religious saints want accountability.
01:02They are saying that the F.I.R. has been on the F.I.R.
01:06They have been on the F.I.R. who was on the F.I.R.
01:07They have been on the F.I.R. who was on the F.I.R.
01:10and where did you send?
01:11They have been on the F.I.R.
01:14You will get the F.I.R.
01:18Not just a donation Rao, this is a crisis of trust.
01:28From Aastha to accountability, the questions are only growing.
01:37What really happened inside the Ram Mandir Trust?
01:49Ram Naam ki loot hai, loot sakhe to loot lo.
01:53This Doha by Saint Kabir was one about devotion.
01:58But today it is about devotion betrayal.
02:01Sources say Ram Temple Trust General Secretary Champat Rai has resigned.
02:05Another official Anil Mishra has resigned on ethical grounds.
02:08Eight accused, arrested and produced in court the charges of embezzlement of donations.
02:14But this is simply not about missing money.
02:17Even the possibility that this could have happened has hurt sentiments of crores of Hindu devotees.
02:21Remember they have donated as per their faith, their capability and especially faith in Lord Ram.
02:27Faith in the Ram Temple.
02:28But a bigger faith in people associated with the Temple Trust to manage these donations.
02:34Has that trust been broken now?
02:37Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has assured swift justice.
02:40So I am going to go beyond political face-off that we have been witnessing.
02:44This evening on To The Point, I want to discuss what the sadhus, the seers, the religious gurus
02:49who have been closely associated with the movement or the temple have to say.
02:53We will be joined by that panel in just a short while.
02:55I am Pooja Shali.
02:57First, the headlines.
02:58And also, we are going to go across to joining us right now.
03:02First, I want to introduce already Acharya Pramodh Krishnam is joining me.
03:06Now, this is important for Acharya Ji because Shri Kalki Dham is where Acharya Ji is associated with
03:13and has been, of course, speaking on the Ram Temple movement and issues.
03:17We will be also joined by Mahant Nawal Kishore Das Ji Maharaj, spokesperson from the Akhara Parishad.
03:23Swami Chakrapani Maharaj is joining us.
03:25He is the National President of the Hindu Mahasabha.
03:27Computer Baba, as he is called, Mahamanda Leshwar, Digambar Akhara as well.
03:31Mahant Sita Ram Das, spokesperson from the Nirmohi Akhara joining me.
03:36I want to first start with you, Acharya Ji.
03:38And English, Hindi, as you are comfortable, you are saying.
03:42The simple question that we are raising today is that there was a celebration.
03:47Some people say that it was a trip that finally generations have fought,
03:52that they have fought and created a temple today.
03:54When someone listens to us, we don't even know how many donations are happening here.
04:00But if there is a charge, that perhaps some of the things that have fallen,
04:04then this is the direct Hindu sentiment, the Hindu sentiment, the Hindu sentiment.
04:08This is the attack.
04:10Look, Pooja Ji, here is the question.
04:13Yes, all of the elements have followed.
04:13But you are saying that,
04:15that the temple of Shri Ram Janambhumi,
04:17the temple of Shri Ram Janambhumi, which is our last summit,
04:19has a very large change.
04:22And we all agree.
04:25Shri Ram Janam Bhoomi Mandir, which was a miracle in the second of the years.
04:30There was a lot of relief. There was a lot of effort and everything.
04:34Now the question is that there is a sale.
04:37And if a sale is in a business house or office,
04:41there is a sale in Ram Mandir.
04:43There is a sale in Lala Ji.
04:45So this is not a simple approach.
04:49It is a paap and a maha paap.
04:52Now the question is that there are three things.
04:55The first thing is that we need to keep our trust in our trust.
04:59So the trust is, and it is a very good good people.
05:05And those who trust in the trust,
05:07their knowledge, their knowledge, their knowledge,
05:11their knowledge, their knowledge, their knowledge,
05:12their knowledge and their knowledge.
05:14But!
05:16But!
05:17This is the question of millions of people.
05:24I am coming on that point.
05:26I am coming on that point.
05:45I am coming on that point.
05:48Go ahead.
05:51But I am coming on that point.
05:51I am coming on that point.
05:53And if we are reaching out and I am coming on that point.
05:55Again, we are calling it out.
05:57So the question will be,
05:57I am coming on that point.
05:58Can I find you,
05:59you can find me,
06:01you can find me and you can find me.
06:02So the message of the Raman temple, Pooja Ji, the Raman temple is the God of Ram who had given
06:14a question for his own knowledge and his own knowledge.
06:19So the God of the temple, if it was stolen or stolen in the temple, will there not be one
06:25or two people?
06:25It will not happen.
06:26Who is it?
06:27It is a nexus.
06:28Absolutely.
06:29So this is a paap and I believe that this paap is very important.
06:35Very important.
06:35Acharya Ji, world over we are being watched right now because it was such a big news remember
06:40when the temple was inaugurated when Pran Pratishtha was done.
06:43There were donations from across the world.
06:45You don't want the world to think that there could have been a mishandling of money,
06:49embezzlement of funding like that and these are charges right now.
06:52I reiterate these are charges right now and investigation is on.
06:55Chakrapani Maharaj Ji.
06:56You are National President of Hindu Mahasabha.
06:58Are you convinced that Champat Rai according to sources has resigned?
07:05Anil Mishra has resigned.
07:06Is that good enough for you right now?
07:07Do you think anything else you should do?
07:13No, there is no reason to resign.
07:15This is the thing that you should give to.
07:30Chakrapani Maharaj Ji.
07:33Chakrapani Maharaj Ji.
07:39Chakrapani Maharaj Ji.
07:47Chakrapani Maharaj Ji.
07:51Chakrapani Maharaj Ji.
08:04Chakrapani Maharaj Ji.
08:25Chakrapani Maharaj Ji.
08:56Chakrapani erreicht.
08:58to listen to what our guests are saying.
09:00So the studio are here for him as well.
09:03Mahant Nawal Kishore Daajji Maharaj is also joining us.
09:05He's from the Akhara Parishad.
09:07What do you think?
09:08Do you think that he resigned at least?
09:10Eight people have been pulled.
09:12He was taken to court.
09:13They will send him to jail.
09:15And the minister of the government said that he will take strict action.
09:19What do you think that this action has been taken in starting?
09:22Do you think that this is enough now?
09:24What do you want to do in your opinion?
09:26What do you want to do in your opinion?
09:38What do you want to do in your opinion?
10:16What do you want to do in your opinion?
10:19What do you want to do in your opinion?
10:22If you want to do it in your opinion and make sure that you are standing in the same way.
10:38It demonstrates that you will be removed.
10:58Thank you very much.
11:26Thank you very much.
11:39Thank you very much.
12:13Thank you very much.
12:50Thank you very much.
13:09Thank you very much.
21:31We have to protect him, you have to protect him, you have to protect him, you have to protect him.
21:36But there is a charge coming, where is the charge coming from?
21:40You should arrest him, you should arrest him,
21:44somewhere in the investigation, somewhere in the investigation,
21:46somewhere in the jail, someone can't put him in jail.
21:49Pooja Ji, I'm asking, what was the investigation of Bharat Tiwari?
21:53He killed Bharat Tiwari.
22:01He killed Bharat Tiwari, he killed Bharat Tiwari.
22:05He is a great man, he is absolutely right.
22:08He is saying, he is saying, he is saying.
22:11Bulldozer?
22:12No, but I want to ask him,
22:15who is Bharat Tiwari?
22:16I don't think that Bharat Tiwari is a encounter.
22:19I believe that it is a threat,
22:21because there is an extrajudicial killing.
22:24But that is a different issue.
22:26I am saying,
22:30I am saying,
22:31I don't want to listen to you.
22:33Mahantri Ji, listen to me.
22:34If someone is saying, listen to me.
22:36After that, you don't want to listen to me.
22:40You don't want to listen to me.
22:41You want to say,
22:42that the Sriram Janambhumi Trust,
22:44that the trustee has been encountered?
22:47No.
22:49You want to say,
22:49that the trustee has been encountered?
22:51Absolutely.
23:20No.
23:34The trustee has been encountered.
23:36The trustee has been encountered.
23:38The trustee has been encountered.
23:46The trustee has been encountered.
23:53The trustee has been encountered.
23:58The trustee has been encountered.
24:19The trustee has been encountered.
24:23The trustee has been encountered.
24:25The trustee has been encountered.
24:38No.
24:40The trustee has been encountered.
24:50The trustee has been encountered.
24:58The trustee has been encountered.
25:08It was free access in the temple complex, who were the big officials, who were with them, and how much
25:13more people were.
25:16So, this is how many people are doing.
25:17Nawal Kishore Daas Ji Maharaj, you are from a period of time, because you didn't have a little while.
25:22So, in the last comments, what should happen now?
25:25Because I don't know how many people are going to accept this.
25:30So, how can the Hindu society, the world over the country,
25:34how can it be an assurance that whatever investigation is good, in front of you,
25:40and the minister has given it, that there will not be any burden on this.
25:47I have said before that, we have a full trust,
25:50but I am still doing it.
25:52The trust will be removed.
25:54The trust will be given to some people,
25:57and until it is not complete,
25:59it should be removed from this country.
26:05So, to this point, the trust will be removed.
26:06This is why the view of the system will be removed from this country.
26:07It will be removed from the country,
26:09and the water will not get dark,
26:11so that all people will be granted.
26:14It will not be heard from people,
26:15I believe that the trust will be removed from its nation.
26:18So, the trust will be removed from all drivers,
26:21and if there is no other people.
26:24So, all the trust will be removed from the country as well.
26:42Thank you very much.
26:58that there is no one who is getting to you today.
27:02So, you all have to keep your thoughts.
27:04I appreciate it.
27:05And there are very important points.
27:07Look at that, to be made in the past,
27:10and the most important thing is,
27:12that if it doesn't happen,
27:13what kind of government will ensure?
27:16And I want to thank all the panelists,
27:19and this is a developing story we'll continue to track.
27:21But Ram Mandir donation scam,
27:23or the allegations against it,
27:25is sadly not an isolated case.
27:26We have seen earlier issues of fake ghee,
27:29or fake silk dhupattas at Tirupati,
27:31silver offerings at Vishnu Devi,
27:32Padmanabh Swami temple,
27:33also where valuables went missing.
27:35These are sacred spaces.
27:36We need to ensure that there are righteous people
27:39who are given the top positions here as much.
27:41I want you to take a look at the special report,
27:43and how perhaps we will ensure our sacred spaces remain sacred.
27:57Every temple begins with faith.
28:05A folded hand, a whispered prayer,
28:08an offering made with devotion,
28:11with the belief that it reaches the divine.
28:18But what happens when that faith becomes someone's business?
28:23And when devotion is exploited?
28:26The latest controversy, the Ram Mandir.
28:29Donations made in faith siphoned off.
28:32An SIT probe, an FIR naming eight people,
28:36and now arrests have followed.
28:37But this is not the first time.
28:40Just weeks before the Ram Mandir Rao,
28:42Sabrimala's alleged gold loot
28:44had already sparked a national controversy.
28:47Gold plating missing in the sanctum sinctorum,
28:50sparking anger and shock among Arayapa devotees.
28:53The Keralam High Court stepped in.
28:56SIT probe continues.
28:59Thirupati, not gold, not cash, but the sacred Prasadam itself.
29:05Investigators allege adulterated ghee,
29:07made using palm oil and other substitutes,
29:10entered the Laddu supply chain for nearly five years.
29:13Nearly 68 lakh kilograms worth around 250 crore rupees.
29:18A CBI led SIT has charged sheeted 36 accused.
29:22The ED continues to investigate the money trade.
29:26And another, Thirupati controversy.
29:28This time, the temple hundi.
29:30CCTV footage surfaced showing donation theft during counting.
29:35BJP leaders alleged over 100 crore rupees
29:37were siphoned from devotees' donations.
29:40The allegations are contested.
29:42And the case remains under investigation.
29:44The question did not end there.
29:52The same script repeats at Vaishnu Devi.
29:55Devotees offered silver as an expression of faith.
29:58But testing allegedly found the offerings contained just 5-6% silver.
30:03The rest, cheaper metals.
30:07And even at the world's richest temple, at Sri Padmanabhan Swami temple,
30:12questions were raised over missing valuables.
30:14Around 70-80 grams of gold, the sacred Vairanama ornament.
30:19The allegations that a gold ceremonial lamp had been replaced with a lower value substitute.
30:24Police flagged serious security lapses.
30:27The questions remain, who was responsible?
30:32Different temples, different states.
30:35Same betrayal.
30:36Faith offered, trust stolen.
30:38The loss did not measured in crores, but in broken devotion.
30:42The question now, who will protect faith from those meant to protect it?
30:47Bureau Report, India Today.
30:49The Bhagwant Man sacrilege controversy has now become a tale of two videos.
30:54The Punjab CM insisting the viral clip is fake.
30:56Part of a conspiracy involving a hyper-realistic face mask.
31:00But the video released by the Chief Minister himself is raising only more questions.
31:04Because there are glaring differences between the two clips.
31:07So here's a report about the tale of two videos.
31:09And what Bhagwant Man intends to say by releasing a video.
31:15Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Man's alleged sacrilege Rao has now become a tale of two videos.
31:21While Man insists the viral clip is fake and claims it was created using advanced technology
31:27and a hyper-realistic face mask.
31:51The video released by the Punjab Chief Minister himself has sparked fresh questions.
31:56The focus has now shifted from the viral clip to the credibility of Man's defence.
32:04During a press conference, Man played what he called the original video to support his claim.
32:10But the two videos are visibly different.
32:13The viral video shows a man inside a room with photographs of Sikh gurus on the wall and a television
32:19placed in front.
32:20The video released by Man has no photographs of the gurus.
32:24It is shorter, focuses on the neck area and shows the man wearing trousers, standing between two beds and putting
32:31on his sunglasses.
32:33The viral clip meanwhile shows the man in boxes, seated on a bed in a completely different room.
32:39The stark differences have only intensified the controversy, raising fresh questions over whether Man's video addresses the allegations of the
32:47centre of the Rao.
32:50Man also alleged that Canada-based NRI Jagman Samra used a hyper-realistic face mask to impersonate him and circulate
32:59the controversial video.
33:00But Samra has categorically rejected the allegation.
33:25The controversy deepened further after an India Today ground investigation into the forensic report cited by Bhagwant Maan.
33:33Our team visited the Janakpuri address cited by Bhagwant Maan.
33:37No forensic laboratory was found at the location and staff said no report linked to the controversy had been prepared
33:44there.
33:45This is your entire center.
33:48This is your entire center.
33:48There is a lab in which you can do in the forensic way.
33:52You can do that.
33:54You can do that.
33:55What are you doing here?
33:56What are you doing here?
33:57We are doing training.
33:58We are doing cyber security.
33:59We are doing cyber security.
34:02Do you have any lab training?
34:03No, no sir.
34:11Conflicting videos, contested claims and now serious questions over the forensic evidence cited by the Punjab Chief Minister.
34:19The sacrilege Rao has entered a new phase piling fresh pressure on Bhagwant Maan ahead of Punjab's crucial assembly elections
34:27next year.
34:27With Imanshu Mishra, Bureau Report, India Today.
34:33One BJP ruled state after another has moved toward implementing the uniformed civil court.
34:38Now the political spotlight shifts to Bengal where the BJP government, according to our sources,
34:43is set to bring in and introduce the UCC bill in assembly and as soon as next week.
34:48Now this could be a major fulfillment of its election promise ahead of next year's polls.
34:52Now here's a report about what precisely is the plan.
34:55So after Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Assam is the turn for Bingo.
35:04One state after another.
35:07One BJP promise after another.
35:09Now the uniformed civil court could be heading to one of India's biggest political battlegrounds, West Bengal.
35:17BJP government is set to introduce the uniformed civil court bill in the West Bengal assembly on Monday during the
35:24ongoing budget session.
35:25The bill is expected to be discussed, considered and passed on the very same day.
35:31The move would mark the fulfillment of one of the BJP's biggest promises ahead of the 2026 assembly elections.
35:38The party had pledged to implement the uniformed civil court within six months of forming the government.
35:44If the bill is passed, West Bengal will join a growing list of BJP-ruled states moving towards a common
35:51civil court.
35:53After Goa's long-standing UCC, then Uttarakhand under Pushkar Singh Dhami, followed by Gujarat and most recently Assam.
36:01Bengal seems set to be next.
36:05UCC is one of the utmost important bill to be introduced in West Bengal.
36:10State government decided to introduce UCC, West Bengal Bill 2026 on Monday.
36:17So this is one of the historical steps taken by the state of West Bengal.
36:31The proposal has long remained one of India's most politically and legally contested reforms.
36:38Personal laws in India currently differ on the basis of religion.
36:42Separate laws govern marriage, divorce and inheritance for different faiths.
36:47Critics argue a uniform code could infringe religious freedom and override community customs.
36:54There are also fears of a majority-driven law dominating minorities.
36:59Muslim bodies strongly oppose the move.
37:02And even the law commission earlier flagged the lack of consensus.
37:07With the bill now expected to be introduced next week,
37:10West Bengal may soon become the newest flashpoint in the battle over the uniformed civil court.
37:16A reform that has remained at the heart of India's political and constitutional discourse for decades.
37:23Bureau Report, India Today.
37:27Moving on now, it was a 340-foot fall to be specific.
37:32Initially believed to be just a terrible accident.
37:34But now is being investigated as a meticulously planned murder.
37:38This is the latest breakthrough.
37:40And in Pune case, a digital trail has been put forth by police to be able to put forth the
37:46case,
37:46which has to be watertight, where deliberately switched phones are being checked,
37:51mobile internet for nearly 11 hours in an alleged bid to conceal movement.
37:56All of this is being put together.
37:58But here's a report on what possibly could have happened at the Lohagar Fort in Pune.
38:16A 340-foot fall, once believed to be an accident.
38:24Maharashtra police say a meticulously planned murder.
38:28And now, the investigation has zeroed in on one crucial question.
38:34Why was Chetan Chaudhary's internet switched off for nearly 11 hours?
38:41Investigators believe the answer could lie in the digital footprint.
38:44According to the Pune Rural Police, on the morning of June 18,
38:50Chetan allegedly left his own mobile phone behind with his employee
38:54and carried another phone to Lohagar Fort.
38:57Police claimed the borrowed phone travelled to the crime scene,
39:00while Chetan's own handset showed almost no internet activity.
39:05From 7am till 5.40pm, mobile internet remained switched off.
39:10Only incoming calls were received.
39:12Investigators suspect the phone swap wasn't random,
39:17but an attempt to hide movement, conceal location and erase the digital trail.
39:25Police have now reconstructed the entire crime scene once again.
39:30Forensic experts revisited the cliff,
39:33examining whether Chetan slipped or was forcefully pushed.
39:38Their findings, investigators say, strengthened the murder theory.
39:43Just hours before Chetan's death, Sia and Chetan met at a cafe,
39:48where the final conspiracy was allegedly planned.
39:53The next morning, the trial reached Lohagar,
39:56and according to investigators, the plan was executed.
40:03The victim's family is demanding the harshest punishment.
40:08Ketan's father met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis,
40:11seeking a fast-track trial.
40:28Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis called the case deeply shocking.
41:01Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
41:02The final trail tells the story.
41:04Now, the court will decide whether that trail leads to conviction.
41:09With Omkar Wable, Bureau Report, India Today.
41:20Air India are mulling restoring of its international schedules,
41:24which was trimmed due to the airspace restrictions and the ATF price surge.
41:27So that's a good news coming in.
41:29Air India is mulling to restore the international schedules,
41:32which was trimmed due to the airspace restrictions and the ATF price surge.
41:36And especially if the Middle East situation or the West Asia conflict
41:39turns out to be at least getting considerably stable over the next few days.
41:44Fuel prices get significantly moderated.
41:46Air India may wind back some of the scheduled reductions taken in recent times.
41:51Air India CEO Campbell Wilson has told the Air India employees
41:54in this internal communication which has been accessed by India today.
41:58So at least some good news could be coming in.
42:01If you intend to travel toward these locations,
42:03Middle East, West Asia and other countries,
42:06international schedules could begin again for Air India.
42:11Here's hoping for stability in the region and across borders.
42:15I'm wrapping up this bulletin for now.
42:17Thank you so much for watching To The Point.
42:19Thank you so much for watching.