IIT Bombay graduate appointed as secretary of Ram Mandir trust following donation controversy

Amidst a dispute regarding claims of stolen donations, the Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has appointed Jagdish Aphale to manage the temple's day-to-day operations. Aphale, who hails from Pune and has ties to the RSS, is an electrical engineering graduate from IIT Bombay with both BTech and MTech degrees. He previously spent nearly four years supervising the construction of the temple.