Gyanvapi Petitioners' Lawyer Makes Survey Report Public, Claim Temple Existed
NDTV
The Varanasi district judge yesterday said the report will not be made public today (the day the judgment was delivered) and soft copies will not be given to avoid distorted versions making it to social media.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) report on the Gyanvapi mosque was given to the petitioners today. The Varanasi district judge had yesterday said the report would not be made public and soft copies would not be given to avoid distorted versions making it to social media.
Vishnu Jain, the lawyer for the petitioners, today read out what he claimed was the report's contents in a press conference. He said the report found a "pre-existing structure and the ASI found a well next to the corridor," adding that the "central chamber and the main entrance has a pre-existing structure."
Mr Jain said the ASI in its survey "studied the pillars and plasters and said all were part of the temple."
