The Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) will decide on filing an appeal against the special court
verdict acquitting all 32 accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case after
consulting the legal department, its counsel Lalit Singh said on Wednesday, PTI reported. “After a copy of today’s verdict is received, it
would be sent to the CBI headquarters where it would be studied by the legal
department and a decision on filing an appeal would be taken as per its
suggestion,” PTI quoted CBI counsel Singh as saying.

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Singh was replying to a
query on whether the investigating agency will challenge the verdict of the
special court, which acquitted all the 32 accused, including BJP veterans LK
Advani, MM Joshi, Uma Bharti and Kalyan Singh, in the politically sensitive
case.

CBI court judge SK
Yadav, delivering the verdict in Babri Masjid demolition case, said that there
was no conclusive proof against the accused.

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The case relates to
the razing of the disputed structure in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, which
triggered riots for several months and left nearly 2,000 people dead across
the country.

The structure was
demolished by ‘kar sevaks’, who claimed that the mosque was built on the site of
an ancient Ram temple.

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The central agency produced 351 witnesses and
600 documents as evidence before the court.