Rae Bareilly, June 13: The special CBI court hearing the Babri Masjid demolition case today fixed June 19 as the next date of hearing and exempted deputy prime minister L K Advani and seven other accused from personal appearance. Special judge Justice Vinod Kumar Singh exempted Advani and seven others including some top bjp leaders from personal appearance on the submission made by their counsel.

Besides Advani, the seven accused in the case include HRD minister Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharati, Vinay Katiyar and VHP leaders Ashok Singhal, Giriraj Kishore, Vishnu Hari Dalmia and Sadhvi Ritambra.

The copies of supplementary chargesheets submitted by the CBI during the last hearing were made available to the counsel of Advani and others.

Bureau Report