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Hyderabad: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on August 25 alleged that the findings of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) were "without any basis" and have been "concocted" at the instance of the Vajpayee government and particularly under "pressure" from Union Ministers Jagmohan and Murli Manohar Joshi.

"This report is totally inconsistent with the interim reports submitted earlier," Board secretary Mohammed Abdul Rahim Quraishi, who is also president of All India Majlis Tameer-e-Millat said in a statement.

"The ASI team has very conveniently overlooked the depth at which grave and human bones were found, because it was proof of Muslim habitation even earlier to the construction of Babri Masjid.

"Likewise, it has ignored polished lime and mortar floor beneath the structure of the Babri Masjid, which is also a proof of Muslim habitation and existence of a Muslim structure."

Quraishi said a team of well-known archaeologists including Professor Suraj Bhan had visited the site and inspected the excavated pits and was of opinion that there was evidence of an earlier mosque beneath the structure of Babri Masjid.

PTI