Babri mosque demolition case News

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Nearly twenty-eight years after the Babri Masjid was demolished, the Special CBI court on Wednesday acquitted all 32 accused in the case, including former deputy prime minister LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Kalyan Singh and Uma Bharti. The accused were acquitted citing "lack of evidence'' against them for hatching the alleged conspiracy. The court also observed that the 1992 demolition was not "pre-planned." Advani, Joshi and Uma Bharti were earlier accused of hatching the conspiracy that led to the demolition of the 15th-century mosque in December 1992. They attended the proceedings via video conferencing. 26 out of 32 accused were present in the court, including Sadhvi Ritambhara, Sakshi Maharaj, Vinay Katiyar and Champat Rai Bansal.

LK Advani deposed before the special CBI court in Lucknow Advani recorded his statement via video link in the Babri mosque demolition case. BJP leader's statement was recorded through video conferencing in the court of special Judge S K Yadav On Thursday, the court recorded the statement of BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi

Two days after the Supreme Court ordered senior BJP leader LK Advani to face trial on conspiracy charges in connection with the Babri Mosque demolition case, former BJP MP Ram Vilas Vedanti said on Friday that it was he who provoked a frenzied mob to raze the disputed structure in 1992.