Political parties need to stop welcoming gangsters to their fold: HC
The Hindu
“One day these gangsters and criminals will become ‘Bhasmasur’ and will make such a serious dent to the country and its democratic set-up which cannot be repaired,” the Allahabad High Court said
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday expressed concern over political parties welcoming criminals to their fold and fielding them in elections and called for stopping this trend, saying that these criminals will one day become ‘Bhasmasur’ for the country.
A bench of Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava made this observation while rejecting bail pleas of suspended Station House Officer Vinay Kumar Tiwari and Sub-Inspector K.K. Sharma of Choubeypur police station.
The two were arrested for allegedly about an impending police raid at his house in Bikru village of Kanpur on July 2 last year. Aware of the impending raid, , killing eight of them, including a deputy SP-rank officer.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.