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Rae Bareilly: The screening of video tapes, pertaining to the incidents that took place in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992 when the Babri Masjid was demolished, started in the chamber of special judge V K Singh on July 30.

The special court, hearing the Ayodhya demolition cases, had earlier announced that the video tapes would be screened in the court room, but as the proceedings began on July 30, the judge ordered the screening of the video tapes in his chamber.

Only the lawyers of the concerned parties were allowed inside.

The judge said the chamber was also part of the court and besides, there was not enough space in the courtroom for the screening.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had introduced these video tapes as part of evidence in the Ayodhya demolition case, in which Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, Union HRD Minister M M Joshi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti are among the eight accused being tried by the special court.

PTI