May 15, 2010 2:27 PM

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I was twice sent away from dais: Babri witness

The IPS officer—who said LK Advani had made a provocative speech in Ayodhya moments before the Babri Masjid demolition in 2002— today told a CBI court that she was twice sent away from the dais by BJP leader Vinay Katiyar.<br/><br/>Anju Gupta, who was the personal security officer of Mr.Advani, was replying to questions by the defence counsel during the hearing of the Babri Masjid demolition case.<br/><br/>To counsel H D Sharma's question on how long she stayed at Ramkatha Kunj manch or the dais after reaching there for the first time, the IPS officer said she was there only for a few minutes.<br/><br/>She said that within a few minutes of reaching the dais Vinay Katiyar asked me to go to the police control room and get the direction of Advani's convoy, which was parked, changed.<br/><br/>Gupta said when she returned to the dais Katiyar asked her to bring Advani's car to Ramkatha kunj as the leader would face difficulty in reaching the control room due to the presence of a huge gathering.

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