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Breaking! All accused in Babri Masjid demolition case acquitted by Special CBI Court

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: September 30, 2020 12:36 IST

All accused in Babri Masjid demolition case have been acquitted by Special CBI Court on Wednesday in Lucknow, Uttar ...

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All accused in Babri Masjid demolition case have been acquitted by Special CBI Court on Wednesday in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

The Special CBI Court observed that evidences against the accused are not strong enough and the Babri Mosque demolition incident was not pre-planned.

Accused in the case Kalyan Singh, Uma Bharti, Satish Pradhan and Mahant Nritya Gopal Das attended the proceedings via video conferencing.

L K Advani and MM Joshi, also joined the court hearing through video-conferencing.

There were 49 accused in the case apart from lakhs of 'kar sevaks' named in two separate FIRs lodged at the Ram Janmabhoomi (RJB) police station on the day of the demolition.

Seventeen named accused, including Bal Thackeray, Ashok Singhal, Mahant Avaidyanath, Giriraj Kishore and Vijayaraje Scindia passed away during the course of the trial, leaving 32 accused in the case.

Tags: Babri demolition caseBabri AyodhyaBabri MasjidBabri MosqueL K AdvaniUma BharatiMurli Manohar Joshi
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