Anju Gupta, a former personal security officer of L.K. Advani, told a special court on April 23, that the Faizabad police had intelligence inputs about the possibility of attack on the Babri mosque and its demolition by kar sevaks. “During a review meeting held on December 5 (a day before the Masjid was demolished in 1992) the then inspector general of the zone A.K Saran had said there were intelligence information inputs regarding attack and demolition of the disputed structure,” Anju Gupta told Chief Judicial Magistrate Gulab Singh.
Gupta, who was Advani’s personal security officer in Ayodhya at the time of the demolition, is appearing as a prosecution witness in the special Central Bureau of Investigation court in the case in which the BJP leader, his party colleague Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti and other Sangh Parivar leaders have been accused of inciting violence that led to the demolition. Gupta was cross-examined by the defence counsel for over three hours, before the court posted the matter for next hearing on April 29.