This morning, the body of a lawyer was found outside an eatery in Delhi’s Tis Hazari court complex..The advocate, who has been identified by Rajeev Sharma, was reportedly murdered after getting into a scuffle last night according to IBN Live..Members of the Delhi Bar Association chose not to comment on the incident pending investigation although the Association’s Senior Vice President Ajay Gaur did confirm that work had been suspended at Tis Hazari court..As per legal correspondent Avantika Mehra, around 12 people have been arrested by the police, with the main suspect being the owner of an eatery in the court complex..This is the second incident of violence taking place within court complexes. Just last month, the Bar Council of India had called for an all-India strike to protest the killing of a lawyer in a district court of Allahabad.
This morning, the body of a lawyer was found outside an eatery in Delhi’s Tis Hazari court complex..The advocate, who has been identified by Rajeev Sharma, was reportedly murdered after getting into a scuffle last night according to IBN Live..Members of the Delhi Bar Association chose not to comment on the incident pending investigation although the Association’s Senior Vice President Ajay Gaur did confirm that work had been suspended at Tis Hazari court..As per legal correspondent Avantika Mehra, around 12 people have been arrested by the police, with the main suspect being the owner of an eatery in the court complex..This is the second incident of violence taking place within court complexes. Just last month, the Bar Council of India had called for an all-India strike to protest the killing of a lawyer in a district court of Allahabad.