The lawyers of the Soro court are up in arms against police excess against a colleague and his son and demanding suspension of the police personnel involved in the event have been abstaining from court work since Monday.
Alleging that one of their colleagues and his son were brutally assaulted by police including of Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar and Soro in the Soro police station for none of their faults or involvement in any crime, they demanded that the police personnel involved in the atrocity be suspended.
According reports a police team from Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar in connection with an alleged dowry torture had carried out raids in a house with the help of local Soro police on July 4 night about 3.30 am .
They wanted the landlord in this connection. However, in the absence of the landlord the police had a heated exchange of words with tenant Dhiren Das (62) who is an advocate.
He along with his son were brought to police station and thrashed , alleged president of Balasore Bar Association Manoj Nayak.
“We approached Superintendent of Police, IG Eastern range, but no action has been taken. Only they transferred the IIC and one SI of Soro PS. But we want all, including the Nayapalli police who had come here, to be suspended. Departmental proceedings as well as legal action should be initiated against them," said Nayak.
He further threatened that from Thursday the Baleswar courts would also be paralsed due to abstention of advocates.