Ayodhya, July 6 -- : A day before a crucial meeting of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati, a member of the Trust, on Sunday strongly condemned the alleged theft of donation money at the Ram temple and stressed the need for professional management of the Trust.

When contacted by Hindustan Times, Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati, who arrived in Ayodhya on Sunday for the Trust's executive committee meeting scheduled for Monday-the first since the controversy came to light-said he learned of the alleged irregularities from newspaper reports.

"If such an incident has taken place, it is condemnable," he said, responding to a question on the ongoing probe by the Uttar Pradesh government's three-member Speci...