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Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh: On June 30, 2026, a press conference that had been called upon by Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Sewa Samiti in Ayodhya, in connection with the alleged theft of funds as well as the lack of cooperation by the Ram Mandir Trust (Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust) on certain issues, was cancelled. 

The press conference, which had been announced on June 29 through a press note, was scheduled to take place at Arundhati Bhawan in Ayodhya’s Tedhi Bazar area at 1 pm. 

Police deployed at Tedhi Bazar chauraha in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. Photo: Akanksha Kumar.

On Tuesday, the police booth near Arundhati Bhawan at the Tedhi Bazar chauraha (also known as the Nishadraj chauraha), which leads towards Ram Path where the main entrance gate of Ram Mandir is located roughly two km away, saw a heavy police presence. The area comes under the jurisdiction of the Ram Janmbhoomi Police Station.

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