Rae Bareli: A district court hearing the Babri mosque demolition cases against BJP leader L. K. Advani and seven others on Tuesday fixed September 19 for pronouncing its order on applications moved by a VHP leader and two others on whether they could be tried by the same court.

Special Judge Vansharaj Singh issued the direction while hearing applications filed by Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Ram Vilas Vedanti and two more persons.

Vedanti and the others, against whom trial in the Babri mosque demolition cases are pending in a court in Lucknow, have sought the transfer of their cases to the district court here so that they can be tried along with Mr. Advani.

The applicants said they were co-accused in the matter and, as such, their cases should be tried by the district court.

Besides Mr. Advani, former Union Ministers M. M. Joshi, Uma Bharti, BJP general secretary Vinay Katiyar, VHP leaders Ashok Singhal, Acharya Giriraj Kishore, Sadhvi Ritambhara and Vishnu Hari Dalmiya are the other accused in the case. PTI

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