“When Babri Masjid side had torn up map of Ram Temple provided by Kishore Kunal: Remembering the former IPS officer and Acharya”, Opindia, December 29, 2024:
“Retired IPS officer and veteran social worker Acharya Kishore Kunal died on Sunday after suffering a cardiac arrest. The 1972 batch IPS officer had taken voluntary retirement from the service for social service, and was the secretary of Mahavir Mandir Trust of Patna. He was one of the founding members of the Ayodhya Ram Mandir Trust, and also the chief of Bihar State Religious Board.
Acharya Kishore Kunal was also deeply involved into the Ram Mandir movement and was the creator of a map presented as evidence during the Ram Mandi-Babri Masjid case in the Supreme Court. The Masjid side was so rattled by the map that Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhavan representing them had torn up the map in the courtroom.
The incident took place in October 2019 on the last of the hearing in the case by the CJI Ranjan Gogoi-led bench. During the hearing Hindu side’s lawyer Vikas Singh sought to place on record the book ‘Ayodhya Revisited’ by Kishore Kunal, which talks about the pre-existence of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya……”
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