Highway robbers punctured the tyres of an SUV before critically injuring six lawyers, including the president of the Gwalior High Court Bar Association and looting cash and valuables worth Rs 2 lakh from them. The incident occurred near Prempura on the Jhansi-Sagar highway.
The lawyers, Anil Mishra, President of the Gwalior High Court Bar Association; Ranjan Singh Bhadouria, former president of the Bar Association; Vineet Mishra, Secretary; lawyers Rajiv Sharma, Vikram Singh and Ravi Behra were returning to Gwalior from Jabalpur after attending the State Bar Council meeting at the MP High Court, Jabalpur when the robbers punctured the tyres of the their SUV, causing the driver to halt the car on an isolated stretch. As the lawyers got out to replace the tyres the robbers attacked them with weapons and tossed them on the nearby field before fleeing away with the Rs 78,000.00 in cash, 3 gold chains, 6 gold rings, six mobiles, identity cards and ATM cards.
A nearby Dhaba owner found the seriously injured lawyers on the field and took them to the nearby hospital in his tractor-trolley, where they were given initial medical aid.
Getting information about the incident the Sagar SP, Satyendra Shukla, rushed to the spot along with police force and made arrangements to shift the injured lawyers to Gwalior. The Sagar police have registered a case against unknown persons and attempts are on to trace them.
An alert was raised and information about the incident was sent to all police stations in the nearby districts. The Sagar IG, Satish Saxena has also announced an amount of Rs 25000 as reward to anyone providing any clues about the assailants.
In Gwalior, judicial work in almost all the courts, including the Gwalior High Court, District Court and Family Court was badly hit as the lawyers went on a strike protesting against the daring attack on their fellowmen. Talking to the media persons, Jay Prakash Mishra, member of the MP State Bar Council said that the lawyers will go on a state level strike on Tuesday to protest against the incident.
He also urged the police to arrest the culprits at the earliest.