<p>Ayodhya: A former priest of a temple in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/ayodhya">Ayodhya</a> was booked on Friday for allegedly selling the temple's land illegally to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, police said.</p>.<p>Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust manages the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.</p>.<p>The accused, Rama Kant Pathak, illegally sold 21,198.8 square feet of Anand Bhawan Temple's land adjacent to the Ram Janmabhoomi temple complex to the trust for Rs 6 crore on September 21, 2024, according to a complaint filed at Kotwali police station in Faizabad.</p>.<p>The sale deed contained false information, it said.</p>.At Ram temple, 'lakhs' of footwear abandoned daily over crowd management rule on entry and exit.<p>The complaint further stated that the Anand Bhawan Temple committee is registered with the sub-registrar's office, which explicitly states that no individual has the authority to transfer or sell temple property.</p>.<p>It also revealed that Rama Kant Pathak was removed from his priestly duties in 2016 after his actions became suspicious over time.</p>.<p>When the committee came to know about the matter, they tried to file a case at the local police station a few months after the sale of the property. However, no action was taken then.</p>.<p>Consequently, the complainant, Anand Prakash Pathak, a member of the temple's management committee, approached a court that ordered the registration of the case.</p>.<p>An investigation is underway in the matter and further action will be taken accordingly, SHO Ashwini Pandey said. </p>
<p>Ayodhya: A former priest of a temple in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/ayodhya">Ayodhya</a> was booked on Friday for allegedly selling the temple's land illegally to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, police said.</p>.<p>Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust manages the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.</p>.<p>The accused, Rama Kant Pathak, illegally sold 21,198.8 square feet of Anand Bhawan Temple's land adjacent to the Ram Janmabhoomi temple complex to the trust for Rs 6 crore on September 21, 2024, according to a complaint filed at Kotwali police station in Faizabad.</p>.<p>The sale deed contained false information, it said.</p>.At Ram temple, 'lakhs' of footwear abandoned daily over crowd management rule on entry and exit.<p>The complaint further stated that the Anand Bhawan Temple committee is registered with the sub-registrar's office, which explicitly states that no individual has the authority to transfer or sell temple property.</p>.<p>It also revealed that Rama Kant Pathak was removed from his priestly duties in 2016 after his actions became suspicious over time.</p>.<p>When the committee came to know about the matter, they tried to file a case at the local police station a few months after the sale of the property. However, no action was taken then.</p>.<p>Consequently, the complainant, Anand Prakash Pathak, a member of the temple's management committee, approached a court that ordered the registration of the case.</p>.<p>An investigation is underway in the matter and further action will be taken accordingly, SHO Ashwini Pandey said. </p>