Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 14

The Congress on Monday alleged a scam in the purchase of a piece of land in Ayodhya by the Ram Temple Trust demanding a Supreme Court-monitored probe with the trust rejecting all accusations as “misleading and politically motivated”.

PROTEST OUTSIDE CM YOGI’S RESIDENCE

• UP Cong women’s wing stages protest near Yogi’s residence
• Temple trust must clarify if money collected misused: Raut
• Misuse of donations of devotees insult to faith: Priyanka

Hours after Champat Rai, general secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust rebutted the charges, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala asked the apex court to take suo motu cognizance of the issue.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Shri Ram personified justice and deception in his name was unrighteous. The Congress alleged that original owners of the land sold it for Rs 2 crore to two people namely Ravi Tiwari and Sultan Ansari who then sold the land (12,080 sq m) to the temple trust at a premium price of Rs 18.5 crore.