PARKING ROW TURNS VIOLENT
SATURDAY
■ Altercation starts between an advocate and police personnel over parking of his car outside lock-up of Tis Hazari courts.
■ A violent clash breaks out between advocates and police, both groups accuse each other of assault and vandalism.
■ Separate video clips emerge on social media. One shows around 30 lawyers beating up police officers. Another shows 10-15 police officers beating a lawyer.
■ At least two jail vans vandalised. Police jeep and three-four bikes torched. Police say an additional DCP and other police officers were manhandled.
■ Lawyers allege police personnel lathi-charged lawyers, fired bullets, and vandalised their chambers. Two advocates suffered gunshot injuries.
■ More than three dozen people, including lawyers and police personnel, are injured.
■ The prisoners are rescued.
■ Police form SIT.
SUNDAY
■ Police register four separate FIRs, including cross-FIRs.
■ A woman lawyer files a molestation case against police personnel
■ A fourth FIR is filed on the complaint of the district judge, regarding the violence and damage to public property.
■ Some lawyers hold a protest at Tis Hazari Court Forensic teams, along with SIT members, visit the court to collect evidence
■ Two policemen involved in the brawl with advocates are suspended.
■ Delhi High Court bench takes suo motu cognisance of media reports of the incident.
■ A judicial inquiry heralded by a retired judge is announced.
■ HC directs police commissioner to transfer special commissioner (law and order, north), Sanjay Singh and additional DCP (north) Harinder Singh during pendency of probe.