LUCKNOW/AYODHYA, June 29 -- The Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday simultaneously raided the residences of all eight arrested accused in the Ram temple donation theft case as investigators widened the probe to trace the alleged money trail, identify undisclosed assets and gather fresh evidence before seeking their police custody.

Beginning around 7 am, eight police teams, each led by an executive magistrate and comprising male and female personnel, simultaneously searched the residences of the accused across Ayodhya in an operation designed to prevent families from alerting one another. Revenue staff, including lekhpals, accompanied several teams to verify land ownership records and examine properties suspected to have been acquired during t...