Ayodhya case -- Ex-chief secy summoned
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Dec 31: The Liberhans Commission probing the sequence of events leading to the demolition of the Babri structure in Ayodhya seven years ago on Thursday issued summons to former Uttar Pradesh Chief secretary V K Saxena to depose as a witness before it.

Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhans, who is heading the commission, issued summons to Saxena asking him to appear before it on January 31 -- the next date of hearing.

The commission, which had recorded the statement of former Faizabad additional superintendent of police Akhilesh Mehrotra, examined him for the second time on the issues relating to deployment of force in the city at the time of demolition of the structure on December six, 1992.

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