LUCKNOW/AYODHYA, July 18 -- A special court in Ayodhya on Friday granted the police 39 hours' custody remand of Ram Shankar Yadav alias Tinnu Yadav and his nephew Manish Yadav, the last two accused yet to undergo custodial interrogation in the alleged Ram temple donation theft case.

Police officials said the two accused will be taken into custody from the Ayodhya district jail on Saturday morning, after which investigators will begin what is expected to be the final phase of custodial interrogation before completing the investigation and filing the chargesheet.

Tinnu Yadav, considered a key accused in the case, was regarded as a close aide of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust's former general secretary Champat Rai and had been a...