Lucknow, Aug. 5 -- Accusing the Samajwadi Party of running a campaign against Sanatan, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday asserted that no involvement of any sadhu or sant was found in the Special Investigation Team's preliminary report on the alleged Ram Mandir donation theft case. "Those who have raised questions about the existence of Lord Ram and Lord Krishna are today talking about faith. The SP government had committed the sin of staining the lanes of Ayodhya and flow of the Saryu river with blood," he said, addressing the media at the Vidhan Bhavan after the assembly was adjourned for the day. The press conference was held after the Samajwadi Party and Congress created a ruckus in the legislative assembly over the donation theft issue earlier in the day. He disclosed that the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust wrote to the Uttar Pradesh government on June 12, seeking an investigation after reports of irregularities appeared in sections of the media. "The trust had been constituted under the directions of the Supreme Court. The state government could not intervene on its own without a request from the trust or directions from the court," he said. The state government constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) on June 13 following the trust's request, and the probe began on June 15. The SIT submitted its first interim report on June 23, following which the government forwarded its recommendations to the trust. Based on the findings, an FIR was registered in Ayodhya on June 25 and eight persons were arrested, he said. While six of the arrested persons were allegedly found directly involved in misappropriating money from offerings, two others were taken into custody for their alleged roles in connection with the case, he said. "There are more than 1,100 employees working in the Ram Janmabhoomi temple complex. Action has been taken only against those individuals whose involvement was established through evidence. There was no involvement of the sadhus and sants in donation theft. It is wrong to malign them," he said. Hitting out at the SP and the Congress, the chief minister said both parties had opposed the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. The SP and Congress are trying to mislead the people on the Ram temple donation issue, he added....