Demanding appropriate probe into alleged misbehave by a judicial officer with a woman police during a court work, representatives of four Dalit organisations on Saturday met district Collector SK Mallick and submitted a memorandum for the President of India seeking his intervention.
On the other hand, lawyers and legal professionals here stuck to their ground seeking action against the Superintendent of Police, the Jagatsinghpur police station IIC and police Sabita Majhi claiming that false case was lodged against CJM Satyapriya Mishra.
District Bar Association president Dolagovinda Dash said court works and judicial proceedings in several courts across the Jagatsinghpur district had come to a grinding halt for the last one week following the advocates’ stir. As a result, the litigants, both in civil and criminal cases, were facing immense hardship.
Reports said Ambedkar Smruti Parishad, Dalit Bikas Mancha, Full Ambedkar Dalit Bikas Parishad and Dalit Barta representatives held an emergency meeting at the district headquarters on Saturday afternoon.
The leaders expressed unhappiness that a responsible judicial officer like the CJM misbehaved with a woman police and used casteist remarks against her. They disapproved of an ongoing State Human Rights Protection Cell investigation and strike of the lawyers and sought action against the culprit as per law.