New Delhi: Seventeen years after it was set up, the Liberhan Commission probing the 1992 demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya submitted its report to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday.
The Commission, which had got 48 extensions, submitted the report to the Prime Minister by Retd Justice M S Liberhan in presence of Home Minister P Chidambaram.
The contents of the report were not immediately known.
Set up within 10 days of the demolition of the historic mosque on December 6, 1992, which triggered widespread communal violence leading to heavy loss of lives, the panel has become the country's longest serving Commission of Enquiry.
The Commission, mandated to inquire into the circumstances leading to the demolition of the Babri mosque was to submit its report by March 16, 1993 but sought repeated extensions to complete its probe.
The last three months of extensions were given in March this year.
The probe panel was one of the costliest Commissions having spent nearly Rs 8 crore on its report. The bulk of the amount was spent on salaries and perks of the support staff.
During the extended proceedings spread over 400 sittings, the Commission recorded the statements of senior BJP leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and then chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Kalyan Singh.
The panel had completed hearing the last witness in 2005.
Politicians in trouble:
 | Vinay Katiyar: The Ayodhya-based functionary who led the demolition campaign from the front. |
 | Uma Bharti: The sadhvi, the rabble-rouser, known for making inflammatory speeches. |
 | Ashok Singhal: Senior VHP leader whose fanaticism and statements preceding September 6 incited kar sevaks. |
 | Kalyan Singh: The then chief minister of UP who sided with the lawbreakers. |
 | Murli Manohar Joshi: Senior BJP leader then with a remarkable following. |
 | RSS chief KS Sudershan: He deposed on behalf of the then chief Raju Bhaiyya. |
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