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Lucknow: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has moved an application before the special Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court hearing the Ram Janmabhoomi title suit, seeking permission to make minor amendments in its excavation report filed on August 22.

In an application moved before a three-member bench comprising Justice S R Alam, Justice Bhawar Singh and Justice Khem Karan, the ASI said it had mentioned in the report that a statue of "divine couple" was found in trenches k-3 and k-4, though actually it was discovered from the trenches f-3 and f- 4.

The ASI called this a "printing mistake" and sought to correct this.

ASI also said it inadvertently omitted to add the word 'pre' as prefix to 'Sultanat period' in the report.

The ASI also sought court's permission to take back the negatives of the photographs of the excavation work for the indexing purposes.

Meanwhile, the court granted four weeks times to the concerned parties to file objections, if they have any, on the objections filed by the Central Sunni Waqf Board (CSWB) on the ASI's excavation report.

PTI