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The officer said, "no leader ever appealed to stop the
demolition."

Gupta said Advani asked her to arrange a telephonic talk
with Chief Minister of India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh
Kalyan Singh and the district magistrate and senior
superintendent of police, Faizabad.
To this, Gupta said that she was not in a position to
arrange a conversation with Singh. However, the DM and SSP
came to the dais atop Ram Katha Kunj after messages were sent
to them and had a closed-door meeting with Advani and others,
she said.
Advani later called up the Chief Minister but what
transpired was not known, she told the court.
Gupta claimed that the then DGP S C Dixit, who was also
present on the dais, congratulated the security personnel on
duty. Their "names will be written in golden letters in the
pages of history for their cooperation and not taking any
action," Dixit said, according to her.
Gupta said religious hymns were sung all through the day
and Acharya Dharmendra said this would erase the "blot", in a
reference to Babri Masjid.
She said that at around 2.30 pm on that day she saw smoke
emanating from the surrounding localities indicating some
arson. Bharti then said from the dais that "Muslims themselves
were putting their houses on fire," Gupta said.
The IPS officer that security was not adequate at the
area and the administration became lax since December 5. "Kar
sevaks allowed only those police jeeps in which the personnel
reciprocated to their chants of 'Jai Sree Ram'".
The eight Sangh and BJP leaders were initially charged
with making inflammatory speeches, inciting violence and
conspiracy in the case.
The conspiracy charge was later dropped and in 2003,
Advani was discharged. In July 2005, however, the Lucknow
bench of the Allahabad High Court reinstated several charges
against him. PTI AVA
MRD


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