LUCKNOW/AYODHYA, July 14 -- A special court in Ayodhya on Monday extended the judicial custody of all eight accused arrested in the alleged Ram temple donation theft case by another 14 days, till July 27. The accused were produced before the court through video conferencing from Faizabad district jail, where they are lodged. Special court judge Pratibha Narayan remanded all eight accused to continued judicial custody after the earlier remand period expired.

The accused have been lodged in separate barracks inside Faizabad district jail as part of security arrangements.

The eight arrested men include Avinash Shukla, Anukalp Mishra, Lavkush Mishra, Manish Kumar Yadav, Karunesh Pandey, Ramashankar Mishra, Subhash Srivastava and Ram Shankar...