Advani had prior knowledge of Babri Masjid demolition: CBI
Pakistan Times Monitoring Report

ISLAMABAD: Indian CBI on Wednesday told the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court that BJP President L.K. Advani had prior knowledge that the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya was going to be demolished, according to the Indian Express.

During hearing of the CBI petition challenging the special Rae Bareli court order discharging Advani and summoning orders against six others, including former Union Minister Murli Manohar Joshi in the Babri Masjid demolition case, CBI counsel P.K. Chaubey said the BJP president knew very well the disputed structure was going to be demolished.

Next hearing

As the counsel's arguments remained inconclusive, Justice Y.R. Tripathi posted the matter for further hearing on December-21 next.

Chaubey read out in the court the statement of the then Additional Superintendent of Police (Faizabad) Anju Gupta, who also had been escorting Advani on December 6, 1992 when the structure was demolished at Ayodhya.●