Lucknow Bench nixes plea for CBI probe in Shri Ram temple donation case
Lucknow, July 6: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation into the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple.
AAG Vinod Shahi and CSC Shailendra Singh, representing the state government, argued that such a petition is already pending in the Supreme Court, and therefore, there is no merit in this case. Following the hearing, Justice Rajan Rai and Justice Manjeev Shukla dismissed the petition. The petition was filed by advocate Mohit Ashok. The petition alleged irregularities in the funds deposited in donation boxes at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple. The petition sought an impartial investigation by the CBI and an audit of the temple’s donations by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG).
It is noteworthy that the state government has already formed a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate this matter.
