Allahabad, April 08: Advocates of the district court abstained from work here today in protest against yesterday’s alleged lathicharge on lawyers in Kanpur.
The advocates squatted on the gate of the kutchery building, blocking entry inside the premises and traffic on the adjoining road where they raised slogans against Kanpur police and Uttar Pradesh government for yesterday’s incident in which lawyers were allegedly beaten up by police personnel.
The agitating lawyers also declared that they would continue with their agitation if the state government did not act against the police officials involved in the lathicharge.
Meanwhile, the High Court Bar Association here passed a resolution condemning yesterday’s incident and demanding early and strict action against the police officials who had charged the baton on advocates inside a Kanpur court.
–Agencies