New Delhi: The then Faizabad Senior Superintendent of Police D B Roy on November 28 alleged before the Liberhans Commission that the then, Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao, had issued an instruction for the demolition of a make-shift temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya in the night of December 6, 1992 and for construction of a mosque in its place.

"Rao, who then was Prime Minister had promised the nation that a masjid would be constructed anew at the temple's site and therefore he made all efforts to get the temple demolished on that night," Roy told the Commission probing the demolition of the disputed structure at Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.

Alleging that Rao had instructed his "orderlies" to demolish the make-shift temple, Roy said the plan did not materialise.

Deposing as a witness before the Commission, Roy said though the Centre, subsequent to the demolition, had issued orders for suspending many senior officers including Home Secretary, DGP and IG (Zone), the same was not implemented following reports that it would cause a revolt in the force.

He also alleged that he and the then District Magistrate were implicated in a false chargesheet with the help of CBI to make up for the inaction against other police officials.

Roy also charged the CBI with having deliberately left lacunae in the chargesheet to allow senior BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) leaders including L K Advani and M M Joshi escape prosecution.

These lacunae were left by CBI on the instructions of the Central government, he alleged.

Charging the agency with having acted in a partisan manner throughout the episode, he said it did not even care to record statements of BJP leaders Lalji Tandon and Brahma Dutt Dwivedi, who were sent by the Uttar Pradesh government as representatives to Ayodhya.

PTI