Faizabad Bar Association lawyers on Monday said they would approach the court, claiming that the police refused to file 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 embezzlement case.The lawyers claimed that the police had declined to lodge an FIR against the accused despite filing a complaint on July 2 at the Ram Janmabhoomi police station.”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, said.Khan is also 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,” he added.The Faizabad Bar Association, during a general body meeting, had decided not to plead the case of the Ram temple accused.It also ordered that if any of its members tried to plead the case of the accused, they would be fined Rs 5 lakh and terminated from the association.On July 2, the Faizabad Bar Association lawyers took out a protest march and submitted a complaint seeking an FIR against Champat Rai, Anil Mishra and Gopal Rao over alleged embezzlement of donation funds.


