Hearing in Babri mosque demolition case on April 8

Rae Bareli, Apr 8 : A special court will hear the Babri mosque demolition case today. Earlier, the court could not carry with the proceedings due to a strike by the local bar.

Besides BJP leader L K Advani, former Union Minister M M Joshi, Bharatiya Janshakti Party leader Uma Bharti, BJP General Secretary Vinay Katiyar, Vishwa Hindu Parishad leaders Ashok Singhal, Acharya Giriraj Kishore and Vishnu Hari Dalmiya, and Sadhvi Ritambhara have been named as accused in the case. Advani is among those accused of inciting communal passions through inflammatory statements. In September 2003, a Rae Bareli court had quashed charges against Advani while deciding to proceed against the other seven persons.The demolition of the 16th century mosque in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, triggered a nationwide communal frenzy.

ANI