{
  "id": 10205897,
  "title": "Ayodhya Ram Temple Donation Case: Man Allegedly Stole Cash 85 Times, Chargesheet Reveals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/ayodhya-ram-temple-donation-case-man-allegedly-stole-cash-85-times",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-27T11:39:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/ayodhya-ram-temple-donation-case-man-allegedly-stole-cash-85-times-chargesheet-reveals"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Avinash Shukla, also known as Shani, is accused of stealing donation money from the Ram temple counting room 85 times, as revealed in a recently filed chargesheet by Ayodhya police. The chargesheet details the alleged involvement of multiple individuals, including Karunesh Pandey and Manish Kumar Yadav, who were accused of stealing on separate occasions and assisting others in the theft. The investigation heavily relied on CCTV footage, mobile phone data, and call detail records to establish the pattern of criminal conspiracy among the accused. The police have also examined financial records and transactions involving the accused and related individuals, although the advocates' association has raised concerns about the exclusion of certain evidence from the investigation.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}