Former BJP MP Ram Bilas Vedanti and four others, including Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Champat Rai, all accused in the Babri Mosque demolition case, on Saturday surrendered before a special CBI court here.
All of them were later granted bail on furnishing a personal bond of rupees 20 thousand each.
The leaders surrendered in the wake of the Supreme Court's order for restoring the criminal conspiracy charge against senior BJP leaders, including L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti, in the Babri Mosque demolition case and transferring the trial from the Raebareli special court to Lucknow.
The matter would now be heard on Monday. Speaking to reporters after being granted bail, Vedanti said that the disputed structure had been demolished to pave the way for the Ram Temple.
He reiterated that it was he, who asked the Karsevaks to demolish the structure and not Advani or Uma Bharti.
(Published 20 May 2017, 14:25 IST)
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