Babri Masjid demolition case: Special CBI Court acquits all 32 accused, says demolition not preplanned
New Delhi (ILNS): Special CBI judge Surendra Kumar Yadav in Lucknow today acquitted all 32 accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case. The judge, in his 2,000-page judgment, said that he found that evidences against the accused were not strong enough and the Babri Mosque demolition incident was not preplanned.
The verdict was pronounced 28 years after the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992 in Ayodhya.
Total six accused including Advani, Joshi and Uma Bharti did not appear physically in the court for the hearing today. The three others who skipped the hearing were Nritya Gopal Das, Kalyan Singh and Satish Pradhan. They had however, attended the proceedings via video-conferencing. While Uma Bharti has tested positive for coronavirus, LK Adavni and Murli Manohar Joshi have excused themselves on grounds of health and age.
The CBI had filed a chargesheet against 49 people in the case, of who 17 died during trial.
Accused Sadhvi Rithambhara, Vinay Katiyar, Champat Rai, Pawan Pandey, Bajrang Dal’s Prakash Sharma, were among the 26 accused who arrived the Special CBI court in Lucknow for the hearing today.
A day before the verdict on Babri case was announced, the Ministry of Home Affairs had asked the States to remain on high alert. The speial judge had sought security and the Supreme Court in 2019 had said: “The concern of security is a valid one in light of the fact that the responsibility on the judge is a big one.”
-ILNS
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