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| Protest sparks over alleged manhandling of lawyer by cop | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 17: Hundreds of lawyers today staged protest over an alleged manhandling of one of their colleagues by the cop in this winter capital of the state.
One of our colleagues namely Harshvardhan was manhandled by the Station House Officer Gandhi Nagar this morning over some documents of his vehicle in Nanak Nagar area, a senior member of Bar Association of Jammu (BAJ) member.
The BAJ member alleged that the lawyer had some verbal dual with the SHO following which he detained him for few hours in police custody and also thrashed him.
The detained lawyer was bailed out later on the intervention of some of the senior advocates, he added.
He further said the protesting lawyers were demanding stern action against the police officer adding that no senior police official has yet visited the agitating lawyers to pacify the situation and assure justice.
Meanwhile, lawyers had staged sit-in and blocked the High Court road in Janipur area.
Traffic however, remained disrupted on the road due to the protest thus causing inconvenience to the commuters. |
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