Yadav and his party always fended off Gaur probe. Latest court order makes that difficult

This is the first real step to justice, says a petitioner about the ruling. ‘Now we hope the culprits will be brought to book.’

Despite continuous demands from the victims’ families for a probe and various reports pointing fingers at him, Janata Samajbadi Party chair Upendra Yadav and his partymen remained successful in avoiding investigations against them in the 2007 incident of massacre in Gaur, Rautahat.