Women thrash lawyer for his ‘misbehaviour’

A group of women thrashed an advocate for allegedly passing obscene comments and misbehaving with them on the Guna district court premises on Monday, police said.

The advocate was identified as Mahendra Singh Lodhi, a resident of Guna. The women also belong to the same district.

However, police registered a case against the women for attacking the advocate.

Talking to mediapersons, the women alleged that Lodhi was demanding a bribe for an affidavit, which is required for getting a caste certificate.

They also alleged Lodhi passed some obscene comments and harassed the women in the court premises.

However, police had a different version.

Additional superintendent of police (ASP) SS Tomar said, “There was a land dispute between two parties. Lodhi got registry of the land in favour of one of the two parties. This enraged the other side.”

Questioning the women’s theory of harassment, he said if Lodhi had harassed them, they should have lodged a complaint with the police in this regard.

“We checked in the tehsil office and got to know that Lodhi did not make affidavits for caste certificates. Hence, the women’s allegation that the lawyer demanded a bribe was doubtful,” he said.

“We are investigating the matter and we have also asked the women to lodge a complaint. But they have not come forward till now,” he added.