Bhubaneswar: Members of the
Bhubaneswar Bar Association torched a police vehicle in Odisha on Monday, while
they were protesting against the brutal attack on a lawyer by the
police. Reportedly, an advocate, Nihar Ranjan Sethi, was beaten up and
brutally attacked by police on grounds of travelling late night. The irked lawyers set ablaze a police
jeep at the busy Kalpana Square area on the Cuttack-Puri National Highway in
Bhubaneswar. Nobody was hurt in the incident. The agitating lawyers
claimed they were earlier assured by Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP)
Nirinjit Singh that action against the accused policemen will be taken within
24 hours and the injured lawyer will be compensated but none of this was
done. An advocate of Bhubaneswar Bar Association, Nirupama Mohanty, said
they would burn down the entire city to get justice for the injured lawyer.
"We demand that within
24 hours they should arrest the culprits. If they do not fulfill our demands,
we will burn the whole of Bhubaneswar. We will torch all police departments
here. It is a matter of prestige for us lawyers; we will sacrifice our lives
for the injured lawyer. Bhubaneswar bar is a prestigious bar in Odisha, we will
not remain silent. We will do all we can," said Mohanty. Police
Commissioner RP Sharma and DCP Nirinjit Singh reached the spot immediately
following the incident. Another lawyer, Lalatendu Patnaik, said advocates
from all bar associations across the city were part of the
agitation. "Advocates of Bhubaneswar Capital Bar Association and all
other bar associations of Bhubaneswar are agitating against the brutal attack
of the police," said Patnaik. Reportedly, Sethi has been admitted to
a hospital because of the injuries he suffered during the attack, as he was
kicked by the police and then baton charged further, when he told them that he
was a practising lawyer. The protesters demanded immediate sacking of the
accused policemen and a compensation of Rs 50 lakh (Rs five million) for
Sethi.
Source: Odishabook.com
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