Babri demolition case: CBI nailed LK Advani independently
The CBI said order was not given by Kalyan Singh for utilising the Central Force.
New Delhi: Unlike many political cases where Central Bureau of Investigation has acted as “a caged parrot” to the party in power, in the case of Babri Masjid demolition, the CBI under the NDA government, vigorously pursued the appeals filed by the UPA government in January 2011. In doing so, the CBI seemed to have acted independently to bring the case to its logical end.
The CBI maintained that the criminal conspiracy was started by Mr Advani in 1990, when he commenced the “rath yatra” and it was completed on December 6, 1992.
Advani & Co. schemed from time to time
The CBI said Mr Advani and other BJP leaders at different times and at different places made schemes of criminal conspiracy of demolishing the disputed structure.
The CBI pointed out that the then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Kalyan Singh had given an assurance before the National Integration Council for not demolishing the disputed structure and the Supreme Court had permitted for only symbolic kar seva being performed. Mr Kalyan Singh had also said that he will fully ensure the protection of Ram Janmabhoomi/Babri Masjid structure and it will not be felled down, but he acted in opposition to his assurances.
The CBI said order was not given by Mr Kalyan Singh for utilising the Central Force. From this it seems that prima facie, he was a necessary participant in the criminal conspiracy. It said the offence of instigation, facilitation, the actual demolition of the disputed structure on December 6, 1992, the continuous assault on the media persons all form a single connected transaction and might also be a concerted conspiracy under Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code.