IPS Officer Anju Gupta Deposes against Advani in Babri Case
Deposing before the Special court in Rae Bareli as a prosecution witness, senior IPS officer Anju Gupta has testified against BJP leader LK Advani and other leaders of Sangh Parivar in the 1992 Babri structure demolition case, said media reports.
Gupta is one of the most important witnesses of the CBI to establish that the eight accusd in the case, one of them LK Advani, didn’t try to stop destruction of the said structure on December 6, 1992, reports said.
Deposing before the court, Gupta adhered to her earlier testimony that incriminates Advani in the case.
She had earlier told investigators that senior BJP leaders, including Advani, were elated after the demolition of the structure.
Gupta, working presently with the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) at Delhi, is the ninth witness to depose before the special court in connection with the case.
Her deposition before the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court will be recorded.
Gupta was posted as Advani’s personal security officer at the time lakhs of karsewaks had converged in Ayodhya.
She was serving as an additional superintendent of police (ASP) (IPS under training) in Faizabad in 1992 and was posted to supervise the security of the Ram Katha Kunj Manch in the vicinity of Babri structure, which was occupied by Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti, Vinay Katiyar, Ashok Singhal, Giriraj Kishore, Vishnu Hari Dalmiya and Sadhvi Ritambhara.
In a detailed statement to the CBI earlier, she is believed to have categorically stated that not only the eight accused did nothing to stop the mob of karsewaks but on the contrary, expressed concern over the possibility of the karsewaks getting injured while razing the structure to ground, said reports citing unnamed sources.
The special CBI court at Rae Bareli had earlier discharged Advani on the plea that charges against him were based on mere suspicion.
(Based on internet reports)
