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Babri demolition verdict on Sept 30

The special CBI court hearing the Babri mosque demolition case of December 6, 1992, in which senior BJP  leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Kalyan Singh and Uma Bharti are among the 32 accused, will pronounce its judgment on September 30.

Special judge SK Yadav has completed all the arguments and reserved his  judgment on September 2 last.

The special court has directed all the 32 accused, including former Deputy Prime Minister Advani, former Union Minister Joshi and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, to be present in the court on the day of the judgment.

The hearing of the trial was completed on August 30 but the written submission was made on September 2, after which the verdict was reserved.

The special judge SK Yadav, who has retired but was on extension by the orders of the Supreme Court, has been asked by the SC to complete the formalities by September 30.

Advani, who recorded his statement on July 24, 2020 through video conferencing, had denied all charges of the CBI made against him on the conspiracy to demolish the Babri mosque structure.

Similarly, Joshi pleaded to say he was innocent.

Dr Joshi said he was not present there at the time of the demolition and he was politically implicated in the case.

Kalyan, while appearing before the trial court on July 13, 2020 had blamed the then Congress Government of implicating him in the Ayodhya demolition case.

“As a Chief Minister of UP, we had made elaborate security to protect the structure and from time to time have given orders to strengthen its security cover,” he had said before the court.

Kalyan was admitted in the SGPGI for treatment of Covid.

The other accused, who recorded their statements are BJP MPs Braj Bhushan Sharan Singh, Lalu Singh, Sakshi Maharaj, former MPs Vinay Katiyar, Ram Vilas Vedanti , VHP leader and Ramjanambhoomi Tirath Khetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai, Sadhvi Ritambhara, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, Mahant Dharamdas, R N Srivavastava, Pawan Kumar Pandey and Satish Pradhan.

Thursday, 17 September 2020 | PNS | Lucknow

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