Poet Munawwar Rana compared Maharishi Valmiki to the Taliban, after which the anger of the people erupted on him. A case was registered against him at Hazratganj police station under SC/ST Act. The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court refused to grant Munawwar Rana an interim protection from arrest over his remarks comparing Taliban to Maharishi Valmiki. Watch this report.