Cops, lawyers clash in court premises
■ 10 police personnel, several lawyers injured; 17 vehicles vandalised in Delhi
New Delhi, Nov. 2: Lawyers and police clashed at Tis Hazari Court complex here on Saturday afternoon during which at least 10 police personnel and several lawyers were injured while 17 vehicles vandalised, according to officials and eyewitnesses.
The injured included additional commissioner of police (North District) Harinder Kumar, SHOs of Kotwali and civil lines, and the operator of deputy commissioner of police (north), police said.
Lawyers alleged that four of their colleagues were injured, including one in police firing, but the police denied that it had opened fire. Bar associations condemned the incident and called a oneday strike across all district courts in the national capital on November 4.
Secretary of Tis Hazari Bar Association Jaiveer Singh Chauhan said that a lawyer’s car allegedly hit a police jail van following which an argument broke out between him and the police. “He was then taken inside a lockup and beaten up badly. The SHO came but was not allowed inside. The district judges of the central and west district, along with six other judges went there but were unable to let the lawyer out,” Chauhan alleged.
He claimed that after about 20 minutes, the police fired four rounds of bullets while the judges were leaving the spot. He claimed that one of the lawyers, Ranjeet Singh Malik, who was protesting outside along with others, suffered a bullet injury. The injured lawyers were rushed to St. Stephen’s hospital here.
SECRETARY OF TIS Hazari Bar Association Jaiveer Singh Chauhan said that a lawyer’s car allegedly hit a police jail van following which an argument broke out between him and the police.