New Delhi, July 20 -- Urging parties not to politicise the issue, the Supreme Court today observed that the alleged theft of donations at the Ayodhya Ram temple was a "simple case of crime" and favoured an investigation by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising senior-ranking officers.
"Don't play politics, don't politicise the issue," Chief Justice Surya Kant, heading a Bench also comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana, observed while seeking the Uttar Pradesh government's response on constituting a Special Investigation Team to probe the alleged theft of donations made by devotees.
Seeking the response of the Uttar Pradesh government on the constitution of an SIT to investigate the alleged embezzlement of donations, an...