Reporters Without Orders Ep 173: Investigating Ram temple trust’s shady land deals

In this episode, hosted by Nidhi Suresh, Newslaundry reporters Ayush Tiwari and Basant Kumar discuss their investigation into the shady land deals of the Ram temple trust in Ayodhya.

Talking about the involvement of Harish Pathak, an absconding fraudster, in one of the deals, Ayush says, "This man sells the land in front of the mayor, who should have actually done something for the absconding happening in his presence.”

Basant details the history of land deals in Ayodhya involving disputed property.

Concluding the discussion, Ayush says, "This is plain corruption in the name of faith."

This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and what shouldn’t have.

Tune in.

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Produced by Parikshit Sanyal edited by Samarendra K Dash.

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