The 'guilty' 68: persons indicted in Liberhan report

New Delhi: The Liberhan Commission of Inquiry that probed the 1992 destruction of the Babri mosque found 68 people culpable for leading the country to the brink of communal discord. This includes Atal Behari Vajpayee, who later became the Prime Minister.

The names (in the order given by the Commission):

• 1. Acharya Dharamendra Dev, Dharam Sansad
• 2. Acharya Giriraj Kishore, VHP
• 3. A.K. Saran, IG. Security, Uttar Pradesh
• 4. Akhilesh Mehrotra, Additional Superintendent of Police, Faizabad
• 5. Ashok Singhal, VHP
• 6. Ashok Sinha, Secretary, Tourism, Uttar Pradesh
• 7. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, BJP
• 8. Badri Prasad Toshniwal, VHP
• 9. Baikunth Lal Sharma, VHP
• 10. Balasaheb Thackeray, Shiv Sena
• 11. B.P. Singhal, VHP
• 12. Braham Dutt Divedi, BJP, Revenue Minister, Uttar Pradesh
• 13. Champat Rai, Local Construction Manager
• 14. Dau Dayal Khanna, BJP
• 15. D.B. Roy, Senior Superintendent of Police, Faizabad
• 16. Devraha Baba, Sant Samaj
• 17. Gurjan Singh, VHP/RSS
• 18. G.M. Lodha, BJP
• 19. S. Govindacharya, RSS
• 20. H.V. Sheshadri, RSS
• 21. Jai Bhhagwan Goyal, Shiv Sena
• 22. Jai Bhan Singh Pawaria, Bajrang Dal
• 23. K.S. Sudarshan, RSS
• 24. Kalraj Mishra, BJP
• 25. Kalyan Singh, BJP (UP Chief Minister)
• 26. Khushabhau Thakre, RSS
• 27. Lalji Tandon, BJP, Energy Minister, Uttar Pradesh
• 28. Lallu Singh Chauhan, BJP
• 29. L.K. Advani, BJP
• 30. Mahant Avaidyanath, Hindu Mahasaba
• 31. Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas
• 32. Mahant Paramhans Ram Chander Dass, VHP
• 33. Moreshwar Dinanant Save, Shiv Sena
• 34. Morpanth Pingale, Shiv Sena
• 35. Murli Manohar Joshi, BJP
• 36. Om Pratap Singh
• 37. Onkar Bhava, VHP
• 38. Pramod Mahajan, BJP
• 39. Parveen Togadia, VHP
• 40. Prabhat Kumar, Principal Secretary, Home, Uttar Pradesh
• 41. Purshottam Narain Singh, VHP
• 42. Rajendra Gupta, Minister, Uttar Pradesh
• 43. Rajender Singh alias Rajju Bhayya RSS
• 44. Ram Shankar Agnihotri, VHP
• 45. Ram Vilas Vedanti, Sant Samaj
• 46. R.K. Gupta, BJP, Finance Minister, Uttar Pradesh
• 47. R.N. Shrivastava, District Magistrate, Faizabad
• 48. Sadhvi Ritambara, Sant Samaj
• 49. Shankar Singh Vaghela, BJP
• 50. Satish Pradhan, Shiv Sena
• 51. Shri Chander Dikshit, BJP
• 52. Sita Ram Agarwal
• 53. S.P. Gaur, Commissioner, Uttar Pradesh
• 54. Sunder Singh Bhandari, BJP
• 55. Surya Pratap Sahi, Minister, Uttar Pradesh
• 56. Swami Chinmayanand, VHP
• 57. Swami Sachidanand Sakshi alias Sakshiji Maharaj, BJP
• 58. S.V.M. Tripathi, Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh
• 59. Swami Satmit Ramji, Sant Samaj
• 60. Swami Satyanandji, Sant Samaj
• 61. Swami Vam Devji, Sant Samaj
• 62. Uma Bharti, VHP
• 63. U.P. Bajpayee, Deputy Inspector General, Faizabad
• 64. Vijaya Raje Scindia, BJP
• 65. V.K. Saxena, Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh
• 66. Vinay Katiyar, RSS
• 67. Vishnu Hari Dalmia, VHP
• 68. Youdh Nath Pandey, Shiv Sena