Lucknow, April 08: The Uttar Pradesh government today ordered a judicial probe into clash between lawyers and police at Kanpur court, which left many injured, an official spokesman said here.
“The state government has decided to order a judicial probe into yesterday’s incident in which lawyers clashed with police inside court premises in Kanpur,” he said.
The decision came after lawyers boycotted work at the court demanding a judicial inquiry into the incident.
Earlier a magisterial probe into the clash was ordered by the government.
At least 24 people were injured and over 100 vehicles damaged in the clash that broke out yesterday at the court complex when some lawyers allegedly misbehaved with a police inspector who had come from Kannauj in connection with a case.
During the two-hour-long violence, police resorted to cane-charge to disperse the lawyers who hurled stones at the law enforcement officials.
–Agencies