India, June 26 -- What started with an allegation by a Samajwadi Party MLA has snowballed into a full-fledged investigation, the filing of an FIR and the arrest of a close aide of Ayodhya's Ram Mandir Trust General Secretary Champat Rai. It is alleged that donation worth crores made by the Ayodhya temple devotees is now missing, and the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Trust is under enhanced scrutiny.

Among the eight people who have been arrested so far is Ramashankar Yadav, alias Tinnu, an aide to the trust's general secretary, Champat Rai.

Opposition parties have also amped up their attack on the government, alleging that many valuables are now missing. Besides, the temple trust received calls from devotees who have started asking about the silv...