Lucknow, July 5 -- The Uttar Pradesh Police is set to seek custody of two men accused in the Ram Temple donation controversy, the brother-in-law duo of Lavkush Mishra and Anukalp Mishra, as investigators seek to unearth the mechanism of the alleged theft and whether the cash was used to acquire assets, senior officials privy to the probe said on Saturday. The police will ask the additional district judge (anti-corruption) Rajat Varma to award police custody of the two accused men, the officials cited above said. Last week, state police questioned another accused, Avinash Shukla, after receiving his police custody for a day. The police will look to verify disclosures made by Avinash Shukla, who was taken to multiple locations in Ayodhya on Friday, including a hotel where cash was allegedly distributed among the accused, the officials added. Shukla was also taken to his native Pratapgarh district for searches at locations he identified. The eight men arrested so far include Anukalp Mishra, Lavkush Mishra, Ram Shankar Yadav 'Tinnu', Manish Yadav, Subhash Srivastava, Avinash Shukla, Rama Shankar Mishra, and Karunesh Pandey. Anukalp Mishra and Luvkush Mishra are related to each other, and also to trust member Anil Mishra, who resigned last week along with trust general secretary Champat Rai. Ram Shankar Yadav - an aide of Rai - and Manish Yadav are related. Last week, the police seized Rs.79,85,493 from the eight arrested men, recovering money from bathrooms, haystacks and cow dung cakes Earlier searches at Shukla's rented accommodation in Ayodhya yielded around Rs.20 lakh in cash, 1,100 US dollars, gold and silver ornaments and a donation box marked "Ram Rajya Kosh," recoveries that substantially widened the scope of the investigation. Police also recovered Rs.16.82 lakh from Anukalp and Rs.14.25 lakh from Lavkush during raids last week. Police officials said Shukla disclosed information regarding concealed cash and valuables, prompting investigators to conduct recovery operations and verify his claims on the ground. Prima facie revealed a systematic diversion of cash during the collection and counting process....