Delhi-based lawyer Mahek Maheshwari, who filed the PIL in the High Court, said, “The bench dismissed the PIL on the grounds that several other suits in the Krishna Janmabhoomi are pending in the court.”
The special investigation team (SIT) formed to probe the case has arrested 17 of the accused, a police officer said, adding that searches were later conducted to arrest 16 more.
The police said the action was taken on a complaint filed by a BJP officer-bearer who alleged that the two accused, identified as Ankur Shukla and Aman Singh, trampled lotus flower the party's election symbol.