Lucknow: A special CBI court on Wednesday spelled out its verdict in the much-awaited judgement in 28-years-old Babri Masjid demolition case and acquitted all 32 accused including Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veterans L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and others. While reading out the excerpt of the 2000-page verdict, the court observed that the act of demolition was spontaneous and not a planned move.


Those acquitted in the case include former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, former Union Ministers M.M. Joshi, Uma Bharti, former Chief Minister Kalyan Singh and Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, among others.

The court further said the CBI had failed to substantiate the charges levelled against the 32 accused persons for the past 28 years. The court also said that the video recordings submitted to the court were 'tampered with'.

As soon as the court announced the acquittal of the accused, jubilation broke out outside the court, in Ayodhya and Lucknow, where supporters of the leaders were present to celebrate the occasion.

Even several celebrities and politicians took to Twitter and shared their thoughts on CBI court's verdict. Check reactions below:














Majority of the accused leaders in the demolition case have already pleaded innocence and blamed the then Congress government for falsely implicating them in the case due to political reasons.

In the entire probe, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) produced 351 witnesses and 600 documents as evidence before the court. Charges were framed against 48 people, but 17 have died during the course of trial.