Accusing the police of refusing to lodge an FIR against former general secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust Champat Rai, and former trust members Anil Mishra and Gopal Rao in the Ram temple donation theft case, Faizabad Bar Association lawyers on Monday said they would approach the court to get them booked.
"We had given the police two weeks to lodge an FIR against Rai, Mishra and Rao. Today (on Monday), a delegation of the Faizabad Bar Association visited the police station regarding the FIR. The officers there informed us that the FIR has not been lodged and they informed us that they have forwarded the complaint to their senior officials," Aftab Khan, a member of the Faizabad Bar Association, was reported as having said.
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Khan is a member of a 21-member committee of lawyers formed to plead the case against Rai, Mishra and Rao.
"Our delegation also met the Ayodhya SSP regarding our demand. But he said that the FIR has not been registered," he said, adding, "Now we will approach the court and get the FIR lodged against Rai, Mishra and Rao."