10 am: Accused Vinay Katiyar, Dharamdas, Vedanti, Lallu Singh, Champat Rai and Pawan Pandey reach Lucknow, PTI reports. 9.55 am: Securit...
10 am: Accused Vinay Katiyar, Dharamdas, Vedanti, Lallu Singh, Champat Rai and Pawan Pandey reach Lucknow, PTI reports.
9.55 am: Security has been tightened around the special CBI court in Lucknow.
Lucknow: Security tighetened around Special CBI court. The court will pronounce its verdict today, in Babri Masjid demolition case. pic.twitter.com/ArCv47NDsB
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9.53 am: CBI judge Surendra Kumar Yadav is expected to pronounce the verdict around 10 am.
9.50 am: Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Lal Krishna Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti and Kalyan Singh will not be present in court today. Advani, who is 92 years old, and 86-year-old Joshi are exempt due to the coronavirus pandemic, Bharti has contracted Covid-19 and is under treatment, while Singh is recovering from the infection. About 26 of the 32 accused are expected to be present in court.
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9.40 am: Authorities beef up security in 25 districts of Uttar Pradesh that are known to be communally sensitive, reports News18. Special arrangements have been made in Ayodhya. Rapid Action Force personnel have been deployed in Lucknow and Ayodhya.
9.30 am: Here’s a quick recap:
The Babri Masjid, located in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, was demolished by Hindutva extremists on December 6, 1992, because they believed that it...
