New Delhi, July 20 -- The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to inform it about the feasibility of forming a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate allegations of misappropriation of donations linked to the Ram temple in Ayodhya. The court also advised the parties involved to avoid giving a political colour to the matter.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, along with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana, asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Uttar Pradesh government, to seek instructions on whether the SIT that had previously looked into the matter before the FIR was registered could be assigned the investigation instead of the local police.

"Just a word of caution...