Gorakhpur riots: Allahabad HC rejects plea seeking reinvestigation into Yogi Adityanath's alleged role

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday rejected the petition seeking reinvestigation into Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's alleged role in the 2007 riot case in Gorakhpur.

Earlier this month, the High Court upheld the quashing of a magistrate's order that took cognisance of a charge sheet against Adityanath.

The petitioner had challenged the sessions court's January 28, 2017 decision quashing the Magistrate's order on the grounds that he was not heard by the court.

An FIR was lodged at police station Kotwali against Yogi Adityanath and several others on January 27, 2007 on allegations of promoting enmity between two groups of people etc.

A charge sheet was submitted by the police against Adityanath and others. Later, the magistrate took cognisance of the charge sheet and summoned Aditynath, the then BJP MP.

Opposing the petition, Additional Advocate General (AAG) Manish Goyal submitted that while passing the order of cognisance, the magistrate was required to obtain prior approval of state government, but the same was not done.