Ayodhya, July 8 -- A police team on Wednesday took three accused from the Ayodhya District Jail for custodial interrogation after a local court granted one-day police custody in the alleged Ram Temple donation embezzlement case.

The accused - Lavkush Mishra, Anukalp Mishra and Karunesh Pandey - were escorted from the district jail to the Ayodhya Police Lines as part of the ongoing investigation into the alleged misappropriation of donations received at the Ram Temple.

Earlier on Tuesday, an Ayodhya court allowed one-day police custody of the three accused after the police argued that their custodial interrogation was necessary to further the investigation. The Investigating Officer (IO) informed the court that questioning the accused in...