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Liberhan panel term extended

New Delhi: The government on Friday extended by another two months the tenure of the Justice Liberhan Commission, probing the sequence of events leading to the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.

The term of the panel expired on Friday. It has been asked to submit a report on or before October 31.

The Commission, set up on December 16, 1992, began sittings from January 1993. In the last 14 years, it held nearly 350 sittings and examined 101 witnesses —14 defence witnesses; 53 Central government witnesses and 34 Commission’s witnesses. The Commission has completed the hearings and is in the process of writing the report.

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