Lucknow: Eighteen years after the 16th century Babri Mosque was pulled down by violent mobs in the town of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, a special court here will commence the formal trial in the case from Monday.
This follows framing of charges against 23 accused by special court judge V.K. Tyagi on Tuesday, a court official said.
Charges against top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leaders, including L.K. Advani, Uma Bharti and Vinay Katiyar, were already dropped by the high court few years ago.
Amongst the most prominent left on the firing line are former Faizabad district magistrate R.N. Srivastava and mafia don-turned-BJP MP Brij Bhushan Saran Singh.
Most of the other accused are VHP activists, who were allegedly directly involved in the events that led to the demolition of the Babri Mosque on December 6, 1992.
