Babri Masjid demolition report finally submitted after 17 years

[Naveed Yaseen]

NEW DELHI: A judicial commission investigating the nearly 17-year-old demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya presented its report to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday. Headed by Justice ® MS Liberhan, the commission obtained 48 extensions to prepare a four-volume report that would be tabled before parliament. The commission, appointed 10 days after the demolition on December 6, 1992, examined 100 witnesses in 399 sittings. However, an official in the Prime Minister’s Office said the report would not be revealed for at least a month, as the government wanted to table it and the action taken report simultaneously towards the end of the parliamentary session on August 7. Home Minister P Chidambaram has taken the report submitted by Liberhan and asked his ministry’s officials to prepare a short summary of four volumes of the inquiry. iftikhar gilani

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