India, July 7 -- The Ram Temple Trust on Monday accepted the resignations of Champat Rai as general secretary and Anil Mishra as trustee, removed administrator Gopal Rao, and announced a three-member panel to appoint a new chief executive officer as it sought to restore its image following swirling allegations of theft in donations.

At a meeting of the trust at the Ram Mandir complex in Ayodhya, the body also hit out at detractors, said all 2,926 offerings received from devotees were recorded in a register with full details, and appointed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh member and trustee Krishna Mohan - who had filed the first information report in the case - as interim general secretary.

"The SIT's preliminary report identified eight indi...