Tight security for India mosque destruction anniversary Some 2,000 baton-wielding Indian police stand on duty in the flashpoint city of Ayodhya to prevent clashes on the anniversary of the destruction of a mosque. Hindu zealots reduced the Babri mosque to rubble in 1992, kicking off riots across India that left thousands dead, most of them Muslims, and the future of the site has become a major touchstone issue in Indian politics. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES