Former judge Manmohan Singh Liberhan, head of Babri Masjid probe, passes away at 87
Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhan, who led the single-person commission examining the Babri Masjid demolition, died at age 87.
Liberhan, the retired judge appointed to investigate the events surrounding the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, passed away on Sunday. He had headed a one-man commission that produced a controversial report on the incident. The news was reported from New Delhi, where he spent his final days. His death marks the end of a figure closely linked to one of India's most contentious communal episodes.
Why it matters
Liberhan's death ends the life of the judge who led the key inquiry into a pivotal communal conflict in India.
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