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Ram Janambhoomi chief litigant Mahant Bhaskar Das dies at 89

| @indiablooms | Sep 16, 2017, at 08:48 pm
Ayodhya, Sep 16 (IBNS) : Mahant Bhaskar Das, the chief litigant in the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid case and the sarpanch mahant (chief priest) of the Nirmohi Akhada, died on Saturday following a prolonged illness, reports said. He was 89.

He was admitted to  the Harshan Heart Institute in Faizabad on Wednesday night after he complained of severe breathing problem

With his death, both the chief litigants in the case from the Hindu and Muslim sides have passed away.

Hashim Ansari, the chief litigant on the Muslim side,  died at the age of 95 in July 2016.

The Nirmohi Akhada priest had filed a claim for the Ramjanmboomi land's ownership in 1959.

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