Ayodhya, July 1 -- The main branch of the State Bank of India (SBI) in Ayodhya's Naya Ghat became the focal point of the investigation into alleged irregularities in Ram Temple donation collections as the police spent four hours on Monday collecting evidence from bank officials. The branch houses the accounts of seven of the eight men arrested in connection with the theft allegations, a police officer probing the case said, as well as the main account of the temple trust. "The Ayodhya police today visited the bank to seek bank details of all eight accused in the donation-money scam. The bank has provided details of their accounts," said branch manager Anoop Tripathi. A bank official, on the condition of anonymity, said the bank first raised concerns about possible irregularities with the temple funds three months ago but added that the warning went unheeded. The bank had informed the trust as well as the Ayodhya Police at the time, the official said. "Trust officials allegedly intervened and shielded the staff. Despite the bank's warning, the trust took no action and the same employees continued to handle the counting work," the bank official quoted above said. HT reached out to Ayodhya Police but it refused to comment on the matter. Two senior trust officials, Champat Rai and Anil Mishra, have already resigned. The trust had assigned the responsibility of counting donation money to the SBI but a bank official said that some trust officials had put pressure on the bank to include some people in the counting team....