The lawyers staged a protest in front of the court on Tuesday demanding the arrest of the accused in Bhopal who attacked Advocate Dipesh Sharma.
During the protest, the lawyers scuffled with the commuters. The female lawyer slapped the woman passing by the road. The woman tried to attack by pulling her hair. A youth coming out of the scooty was also beaten up. The police remained on the watch. For half an hour, the lawyers continued to create ruckus on the road.
Dipesh Sharma (30), a resident of Hansa Complex BDA Colony Tilajmalpura, is a lawyer by profession. They were coming towards Hamidia Hospital via Fatehgarh Road on Friday evening at 7 pm. At the same time, two youths riding Activa from Hamidia Hospital side came from the wrong side and hit their bike. This led to a dispute between Dipesh and the two youths. A friend of the youth also came there and started abusing Dipesh. A young man attacked Dipesh with a knife in which he suffered serious injuries in the attack.
Till now the accused has not been arrested. In protest against this, the lawyers staged a protest in front of the court on Tuesday. During this, people were passing through the road, who were beaten up by the lawyers. District Bar Association president PC Kothari was also present in the demonstration.
After the video of assault with passersby came to the fore, District Bar Association President PC Kothari said that the woman was not assaulted.