India, Aug. 2 -- Amid row over donations theft at Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) founder Raj Thackeray alleged that donations of Rs.18 crore were being siphoned off every year at Mumbai's famous Siddhivinayak Temple.

Alleging that Rs.1,400 crore had been stolen at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Thackeray remarked that temples are not safe these days and demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak on this issue.

Frustrated youths visit temples, but even temples are not safe from corruption, he said, news agency PTI reported.

Thackeray was reportedly reading out a letter written by eight trustees of the temple, saying that some employees who stole money from the donation box at the Siddhivinayak Temple were caug...