Advocates of Dehradun Bar Association have boycotted their work for the second consecutive day in the court on Thursday in protest against Tuesday’s attack on the advocate and DBA auditor Ashutosh Gulati by unidentified persons in Jhanda Bazaar over a parking tiff.
Kotwali Police arrested two accused Kapil, resident of Jhanda Bazaar and Amit, resident of Majra, on Wednesday and they were sent to Suddhowala jail after being produced in the court at Vikasnagar late on Wednesday evening.
The anger of the advocates over the issue was such that district police did not dare produce the accused in Dehradun City court on Wednesday. They were taken instead to the court located at Vikasnagar by police the same day.
DBA secretary Anil Gandhi said that a delegation of advocates had met Dehradun SSP Pushpak Jyoti and demanded arrest of three women who were also involved in the attack on the advocate. SSP assured the agitated advocates that police would soon arrest the remaining accused. He at the same time asked the agitating lawyers to abide by the laws while staging stir.
He sounded displeased with what had happened in the court premises on Wednesday. He requested them to cooperate with police in executing laws. Gandhi warned that boycott of works in the court would continue until all the accused are arrested by the police.
Following advocates’ boycott, work in the court was seriously affected again on Thursday. Those who reached the court to have their works done returned disappointed. The administration deployed adequate police forces to avoid untoward incidents in the court campus.
An advocate Gulati, resident of Patelnagar, registered a case in Kotwali Police Station, stating that he had been abused and manhandled at Jhanda Bazaar area. According to the complaint, he was beaten despite the locals having intervened to resolve the issue. Scuffle began when Mazir Mohallah residents asked advocate Gulati to shift his bike from the place it was parked.