The leaders of both groups of lawyers allegedly involved in the firing incident at the Tis Hazari Court complex were arrested on Friday and remanded to three days in police custody.
Manish Sharma, the vice-president of the Delhi Bar Association, and Lalit Sharma, the brother of the association’s secretary Atul Sharma, have been arrested, police said. Further raids are underway, the police added. Three advocates were arrested in connection with the firing incident and sent to four-day police custody by a local court on Thursday. Five shots were fired at the court complex in north Delhi following a confrontation between two groups of lawyers.
A purported video of the incident was circulated on social media, showing a man dressed as a lawyer firing what appeared to be a pistol, though police did not verify the authenticity of the clip. Deputy commissioner of police (DCP), north district, Sagar Singh Kalsi said the two men arrested on Friday have been identified as Manish Sharma and Lalit Sharma.Kalsi said Manish Sharma is the senior vice president of Delhi Bar Association (DBA) at Tis Hazari court complex while Lalit Sharma, is the brother of DBA secretary Atul Sharma.
The police said the two groups were allegedly involved in the firing incident that was reported on the court premises on Wednesday.
