HC summons case diary, original records of 2007 Gorakhpur riots
1 Sept 2017 10:40 PM IST
Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court on Friday summoned the case diary and original records pertaining to the 2007 communal riots of Gorakhpur in which Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has been named as one of the accused.
A division bench comprising Justices Krishna Murari and Akhilesh Chandra Sharma also sought submission of the government order refusing to grant sanction for prosecuting the accused, including Adityanath.
The order was passed on a petition filed by Parvez Parwaz and Asad Hayat. Parwaz was a Gorakhpur resident who had filed an FIR in connection with the riots while Hayat was a witness in the case.
The court has fixed September 11 as the next date of hearing in the matter.
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