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ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad high court on Thursday dismissed a writ petition challenging the Uttar Pradesh government’s refusal to grant sanction to prosecute chief minister Yogi Adityanath in the Gorakhpur riot case of 2007 . The petition filed by Parvez Parwaz and Asad Hayat had also sought that the probe be handed over to an independent agency. It is alleged that the riots were sparked after a provocative speech by Yogi on the youth’s death. Communal riots had erupted in Gorakhpur following the killing of a Hindu youth on January 27, 2007 in clashes between Hindu and Muslim groups during a Moharram procession. The administration had to impose curfew in riot-affected areas following the violence..