Even as Haryana police claimed to have detained three alleged suspects behind murder of Hisar senior advocate Subash Gupta, the advocates in the State abstained from work on Wednesday.
Gupta was stabbed to death on Tuesday evening by unknown assailants in Hisar. The incident took place when Gupta was returning home in his car.
A delegation of Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana (BCPH) on Wednesday morning met Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar, demanding arrest of the accused and constitution of SIT to probe the case.
As per reports, lawyers in various parts of the state abstained from work and didn’t attend district courts in Haryana, Chandigarh following a strike call given by BCPH on Tuesday evening in protest of the incident.
Meanwhile, Haryana Police has claimed to have arrested three persons involved in the murder of senior advocate within six hours of the incident and have recovered a car and motorcycle from their possession. A case has been registered under sections 302,427,148,149 of Indian Penal Code at Police Station Civil lines, Hisar.
A police official said that during interrogation, it was found that most of the accused were employees of gas agency owned by Pawan Kumar, the main accused in the incident, who was also a relative of the deceased and had some domestic dispute with him.
Investigations are going on and more accused would soon be arrested, he said.