In 1885-86, Raghuvir Das and his companions filed a suit in the court of Faizabad sub-judge Pundit Harikishan to build a shed over a Chabutra, 95 steps away from Babri Masjid, since according to their faith the Chabutra was Ram’s birthplace. The sub-judge rejected the claim and dismissed the suit. The judicial evidence of this historical suit proves that the Hindus laid claim not on the structure of the Babri Masjid but on a Chabutra far away from it. The complete record of this case is before the Special Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court. The reality is that the stories were fabricated only after Babri Masjid was illegally and forcefully taken over by Hindus on December 22, 1949, and idols of Ram were surreptitiously placed inside Babri Masjid. This incident was enquired and reported and an F.I.R. was filed on 23- 12-1949 by Police Sub-Inspector Shri Ram Dubey of Ayodhya Police station.
G. Hasnain Kaif
Bhandara, M.S.