Ram Janmabhoomi Trust chief Mahant Nritya Gopal Das tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. Sources told News18 that Das, who is currently in Mathura, was experiencing breathing difficulties after which doctors were called in to treat him. He is now being moved to Medanta hospital in Gurgaon.

Eighty-year-old Das had travelled to Mathura for organising the Krishna Janmashtami celebrations.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who laid the foundation stone of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on August 5, had shared the stage with the Ram Temple Trust head. Others who were present at the stage were Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Anandiben Patel and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a tweet in Hindi, said that he has received the news of the Ram Janmabhoomi Trust chief testing positive for coronavirus while adding that he had spoken to Dr Naresh Trehan of Medanta hospital and requested for immediate medical attention.