INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: A special court is set to deliver the verdict on the conspiracy case of the Babri Masjid which was demolished in Ayodhya 28 years
Ahead of the judgement security has been tightened at the court premises
Here are latest developments:* Accused Vinay Katiyar, Dharamdas, Vedanti, Lallu Singh, Champat Rai and Pawan Pandey have reached Lucknow to
* LK Advani, MM Joshi, Uma Bharti, Kalyan Singh are unlikely to be present in court at the time of delivery of the verdict in Babri case
Their advocate KK Mishra also said that Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas chief, Nritya Gopal Das, too is unlikely to be present in the CBI special court
* Notably, the CBI has filed 400-page written arguments in connection with the case
* The Supreme Court had earlier extended till August 31 the tenure of special CBI Judge SK Yadav and directed him to complete the trial and
deliver the judgment in the case by that time
The apex court had later granted another month to special CBI judge SK Yadav to pronounce the judgment in the case
Who are the accusedFollowing the demolition of the Babri Masjid, two FIRs were filed—FIR NO 197 which was against 'lakhs of kar sevaks'
and FIR NO 198 which was against 49 functionaries of Sangh Parivar for conspiracy
Of the 48 people against whom charges were framed, 17 have died during the trial
Of the remaining, which includes BJP stalwarts LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Kalyan Singh and Uma Bharti, the last two are currently laid
All four BJP leaders — Advani, Joshi, Bharti and Singh — are in the twilight of their political careers and aren't members of Parliament
None of them holds any executive post in the party either
Another prominent accused — Champat Rai — is the general secretary of the trust tasked with the construction of the Ram temple in
What are the chargesThe main charge against the accused is of hatching a serious criminal conspiracy
The charge had earlier been dropped by a trial court in 2001 and the Allahabad High Court had upheld that verdict but it was restored after
Among the charges against the accused is "injuring or defiling a place of worship"
However, last year, the SC awarded the disputed site to the Hindu religious organisations for the construction of the Ram temple while
directing the state to allot an alternative site to Sunni Waqf Board for the construction of a mosque, in lieu of Babri Masjid
