Indian Police Investigate Graft Charges at Ram Mandir Temple

India probes graft charges at temple built on Babri mosque

NEW DELHI: Indian police are investigating allegations of embezzlement at a temple in the country’s north that has been a focal point of Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s Hindu-first politics, a top state official said on Friday. The Ram Mandir temple in Uttar Pradesh state, built on grounds where a mosque stood for centuries before being torn down by Hindu zealots, was inaugurated in 2024 with great fanfare by Modi himself. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that a Special Investi...

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