An assistant commissioner of police in Delhi was suspended on Tuesday allegedly for leading a protest against his and another officer’s transfer after an alleged face-off between police personnel and lawyers in October, reported India Today.
On October 23, advocate Lalit Bansal allegedly sustained a head injury during a scuffle with a salon owner inside the Shahdara police station in east Delhi, reported The Indian Express.
The Coordination Committee of All District Courts Bar Associations of Delhi had claimed that Assistant Commissioner of Police Manasvi Vashishtha and Station House Officer Arun Kumar assured action would be taken against the accused person.
A day later, the committee learnt that the man who allegedly assaulted Bansal was released, reported The Indian Express. When the advocates went to the police station to “express their concern”, Vashishtha “displayed his revolver and threatened and intimidated the advocates present”, the newspaper quoted the committee as alleging.
On the other hand, the police had alleged that a group of nearly 20 lawyers had misbehaved with Vashishtha and Kumar on October 24.
On October 27, district court lawyers launched an indefinite strike demanding action against the officers.
Vashishtha and Kumar were transferred the next day, which led to the lawyers calling off their strike.
While Vashishtha was transferred from the post of sub-divisional police officer…
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