Babri Case verdict: Judge arrives at special court in Lucknow

September 30, 2020 10:41

A special court in Lucknow will today announce the verdict in the 28-year-old case involving the demolition of Babri Masjid, which stood at the Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya.

BJP's founder-members LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi are accused in the 1992 demolition that had cost around 3,000 lives.

Sadhvi Ritambhara, Sakshi Maharaj, Vinay Katiyar and Champat Rai Bansal have also reached court. If convicted, saffron veterans Advani, Joshi, Bharti, Katiyar, Ritambhara, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, Bansal, Ram Vilas Vedanti, Dharmadas and Dr Satish Pradhan would face maximum imprisonment up to five years.

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