Tis Hazari clash: Police silent as lawyers declare strike
India | November 02, 2019 21:19 ISTDelhi police officials are yet to give an official statement on the clash at Tis Hazari court premises on Saturday in which a lawyer was left injured.
Delhi police officials are yet to give an official statement on the clash at Tis Hazari court premises on Saturday in which a lawyer was left injured.
Lawyers and police clashed at Tis Hazari Court complex here on Saturday afternoon during which at least 10 police personnel and several lawyers were injured while 17 vehicles vandalised, according to officials and eyewitnesses.
A major scuffle has broken out between police personnel and advocates at Tis Hazari Court. A police vehicle has been set afire and eight other vehicles have been vandalised. It is being reported that the scuffle started over parking space.
An incident of firing has also taken place during the scuffle between Delhi Police and lawyers at Tis Hazari Court
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A city-based civil rights advocate has been targeted by the Pegasus spyware, which infected about 1,400 civil rights activists, lawyers, and journalists across the world.
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