Hyderabad, Feb. 19 -- The Telangana High Court on Wednesday, February 18, vacated the stay on Ibrahimpatnam municipal elections after Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) councilor was produced before the court.

The councilor, Akula Yadagiri, was allegedly kidnapped. A division bench of Justices Moushumi Bhattacharya and Gadi Praveen Kumar shut the Habeas Corpus petition after Yadagiri was brought to the court by the police, who confirmed his safety.

The bench observed that there was no reason to stay the election to the Chairman's post after the return of Yadagiri.

Background of the case

The High Court had earlier put a stay on the elections to the chairman's post till February 19, after a petition claimed that Yadagiri, a key candidate back...