Lucknow, June 28 -- Ending speculation amid the Ram temple donation row, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on Saturday confirmed the resignations of Trust general secretary Champat Rai and trustee Anil Mishra, marking a key turn in the controversy being probed by an Uttar Pradesh government-constituted Special Investigation Team.

The Trust also sought to reassure devotees, saying that all donated silver bricks, ornaments and other offerings made to the Ram Mandir were safe and properly documented.

In the first statement since the speculation over the resignations began on Friday, Swami Govind Dev Giri, treasurer of the Trust, said, "Resignations have been received from Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust general secret...