A local court in Bahraich issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against 33 people including a minister for staging a dharna at a police station and holding the policemen captive in 2007. Additional District Judge in Bahraich, Sarvajeet Kumar Singh issued the NBW against all he 33 people including Minister of state for Energy, Yasir Shah and has directed the Superintendent of Police(SP) to produce the accused in the court on May 12 next. The court also expressed its annoyance for not producing the accused even after repeated orders by the court in the past.
According to the incident on August 26,2007 the accused had staged a protest at Nanpara Kotwali police station for arresting a gram pradhan for possession 28 kilograms of charas. The accused attacked the policemen and kept them captive for several hours. The other accused in the case are the then SP district presidednt Ram Harsh Yadav and one Jaishanker Singh.