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<http://www.freepressjournal.in/FPJ/FPJ/2010/03/20/ArticleHtmls/20_03_2010_002_014.shtml?Mode=1> Babri trouble for Advani again FROM OUR BUREAU NEW DELHI BHARATIYA Janata Party (BJP) veteran leader L K Advani faces a credibility difficulty in the Babri Mosque demolition case next Tuesday when the Central Bureau of Investigation produces as prime witness before the Rae Bareli trial courtthe lady police officer who remained closeted with him during the crucial demolition day of December 6, 1992 as head of his security network. The CBI chief has personally written to the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) secretary to allow its senior IPS officer Anju Gupta to appear before the court in the mosque demolition trial. Now holding an Inspector-General rank post in RAW, she was tasked as Advani's personal security officer in her capacity then as the Additional Superintendent of Police in Faizabad. She is the first-hand witness to the events from the same podium from which Advani and other senior leaders like Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti addressed the mob, engaged in breaking down the mosque, from the loudspeaker system. Contrary to Advani's claim that he wept on watching the disputed structure being pulled down, Anju Gupta has told CBI in a recorded statement that she did not see any of the leaders making an effort to stop the demolition and Advani was sad 'only about the fact that people were falling off the domes.' According to her, the situation became tense as soon as Advani arrived at the spot and it worsened as he spoke; Uma Bharti and Sadhvi Ritambhara hugged and congratulated Advani and Joshi and distributed sweets with each dome's demolition. Gupta will be appearing before the trial court for the second time and the CBI is banking on her firm statements to put Advani in a fix. Advani was, in fact, discharged by the Rae Bareli court on the basis of her statement that he had asked soon after his speech as to what was happening inside the mosque and she gathered information from the police control room to tell him that the 'kar sevaks' had entered the mosque and were busy destroying it. The then judge had absolved Advani on the ground that he was in the dark about the demolition since otherwise he would not have asked the police officer to find out what was happening inside the shrine. The Allahabad High Court, however, overturned his ruling as illegal, incorrect, perverse and a gross misinterpretation of the law.“ The CBI hopes that Gupta will reiterate before the trial court on Tuesday that Advani did not try to stop the 'kar sevaks from bringing down the mosque but he was more worried about the volunteers fallingoff the dome and getting wounded'. Gupta had also reiterated her statement given to CBI in this regard before the Liberhan Commission that gave its report last year pointing the needle of suspicion at Advani, saying he was a part of the conspiracy to demolish the mosque. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en.
