Two groups of lawyers, including office bearers, fired in the air following a quarrel that broke out between them.
Visuals from the firing incident (Photo/ANI)
Two groups of lawyers fired in the air at the Tis Hazari Court in the National Capital on Wednesday following an altercation that broke out between them, officials said.
According to the officials, the incident was reported at the Subzi Mandi police station in Tis Hazari court complex area at around 1:35 pm.
“Two groups of lawyers, including office bearers, fired in the air following a quarrel that broke out between them,” the officials said.
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The police reached the spot and found that no injuries were sustained in the incident, they said.
The incident is being investigated and a crime squad has been dispatched to the scene of the shootout. “A legal action is being initiated into the matter, and a crime team has also reached the spot,” the officials said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi said, “When the police team reached the spot, it was learned that two groups of lawyers, including Tis Hazari Court Bar Association office bearers, had allegedly fired in the air and no one was injured.”
The officials said legal action is being initiated against it.
Condemning the shootout at the court premises, Bar Council of Delhi Chairman KK Manan announced a thorough investigation into the incident will be conducted to determine if the guns were licenced or not.
“Detailed inquiry into the matter will be undertaken. It will be inquired if the weapons were licensed or not. Even if the weapons were licensed, no lawyer or anyone else can use them like this inside or around court premises,” Manan said.
In April this year, a man identified as Kameshwar Singh was arrested by the Delhi police crime branch after he opened fire on Delhi’s Saket court premises.
The lawyer of the victim in the firing incident in Delhi’s Saket court had claimed that his client had been receiving death threats from the accused, who opened fire on the premises, despite her being granted a protection order by the High Court.
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