{
  "id": 2796698,
  "title": "Ram Temple Offering Theft: Growing Rift Between Trust & Construction Panel Raises Questions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/ram-temple-offering-theft-growing-rift-between-trust-construction",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-23T12:57:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/ram-temple-offering-theft-growing-rift-between-trust-construction-panel-raises-questions"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A theft at the Ram temple in Ayodhya has deepened the divide between the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust and the Ram Mandir Construction Committee, raising concerns over their joint operations. Following the June 6 incident, key figures from both organizations have avoided each other's meetings. Construction Committee chairman Nripendra Misra missed two consecutive Trust gatherings and absent representatives from the Trust were present at Construction Committee sessions in July and a three-day meeting from August 19 to 21. Former Trust general secretary Champat Rai and trustee Dr Anil Mishra, along with construction in-charge Gopal Rao, were once frequent attendees in Construction Committee meetings, but this changed after Rai and Anil Mishra departed. Misra, who reacted strongly to the theft, stopped making public statements on the subject after June 23. The Trust has not been represented in the committee's meetings since June 18, and the Construction Committee saw no Trust representatives during later sessions in July and August. This growing estrangement is evident in the absence of Trust representatives at the Construction Committee's meetings and vice versa. Speculation about the strained relationship is fueled by a letter, which Misra claimed to be fabricated, alleging government involvement in the temple's construction.",
  "summary": "Ayodhya: The reported theft of offerings at the Ram temple appears to have widened differences between the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust and the Ram Mandir Construction Committee, with the growing distance now becoming visible in their formal meetings. After the offering theft came to light on June 6, the absence of Construction Committee chairman Nripendra Misra from two consecutive…",
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  "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."
}