LUCKNOW, July 12 -- The Ayodhya police moved court on Friday seeking police custody remand (PCR) of two more accused arrested in the alleged misappropriation of donations at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple - Subhash Srivastava, a retired bank employee who was supervising the temple's cash-counting operations, and Ramashankar Mishra, police officials said on Saturday.

The move is aimed at taking the investigation into what officials describe as a systematic diversion of devotees' offerings into its next phase. The court will decide the application seeking the police custody remand of the two accused next week.

Investigators said the two would be confronted with facts and disclosures made by other accused during earlier rounds of custodia...