High Court granted Narain interim protection from arrest after which he approached the Calcutta High Court Circuit Bench sitting at Port Blair, seeking extension of time.

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In his book Hashimpura 22 May: The Forgotten Story of India’s Biggest Custodial Killing (translated from the Hindi), Vibhuti Narain Rai wrote: тАЬIn…Maliyana, a violent mob of Hindus and personnel from the PAC had mercilessly killed dozens of Muslims.

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Shyama Charan Shukla, the son of the first Chief Minister, was eying the chair, and many SVD MLAs who had left the Congress with Govind Narain Singh, were looking to return.

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