PRAYAGRAJ, Aug. 3 -- The Allahabad High court on Monday granted interim relief of protection from arrest to Samajwadi MP from Ghazipur Afzal Ansari in an FIR registered by Ghazipur Police after a file related to the purchase and sale of a firearm on his licence allegedly went missing. The interim relief is granted till August 10-the next date of hearing in the case.

The case was lodged after allegedly uncovering the missing official records, irregularities in weapon transactions and an untraceable rifle purchased on the MP's licence. The bench comprising Justice Siddharth Varma and Justice Achal Sachdev granted interim relief to Afzal Ansari.

According to the petitioner's advocate Upendra Upadhyay, when state government counsel requeste...