SIT submits status reportto apex court in sealed cover, hearing today
Lucknow, July 20 -- The Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Uttar Pradesh government to probe the alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple submitted its status report to the Supreme Court on Sunday. The apex court is scheduled to hear the matter on Monday.
The report has been filed in a sealed cover. During the previous hearing on July 13, the Supreme Court had directed the SIT to submit its findings while hearing a batch of petitions seeking, among other things, a CBI probe into the alleged donation theft. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohan had also asked the Centre, the UP government and the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust to file their respective responses.
Appearing for the Centre, solicitor general Tushar Mehta had informed the Bench that the investigation report would be submitted in a sealed cover.
One of the petitions, filed by Narendra Kumar Goswami, seeks a CBI investigation into the alleged donation theft and also requests that the Trust's financial accounts be audited by the CAG. Another petition, filed by advocates Ajay Kumar Rai and Dinesh Kumar Yadav, seeks the constitution of a multi-disciplinary probe led by the CBI.
A third petition, filed by RJD MP Sudhakar Singh, seeks a forensic audit of the Trust's entire financial operations. htc...
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