Mumbai, June 26 -- Maharashtra State Congress President Harshvardhan Sapkal and Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut accused the RSS and the BJP on Friday of looting the offerings made by devotees at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and demanded that the "real" culprits responsible must be punished severely.

"The first information report (FIR) which has been registered to probe this scam has mentioned only mild sections of the Indian Penal Code, namely, Section 306, Section 316(5), Section 317(4), Section 317(5), Section 61 and 3(5). The FIR has been registered under mild provisions.

"The entire case must be investigated by an impartial and independent agency under the supervision of the Supreme Court. If the Modi government...