All Lawyers Must Unite Against Delhi Police Brutality: Saurabh Bharadwaj

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi State President Saurabh Bharadwaj has appealed to all lawyers to unite against police brutality and the government’s arrogance. He said lawyers were on strike following the beating of lawyers by police at Shahdara police station. The lawyers noted that the police had accepted bribes in exchange for not arresting the accused. Instead of registering a case against the Station House Officer (SHO), the police registered an FIR against the lawyers themselves.

AAP Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bharadwaj said, “This reminds me of an incident when journalists demanded that an FIR be registered against ACP Vivek Bhagat in a molestation case. Instead, the police later registered an FIR against the journalist for making caste-based remarks against the ACP. The Bar Council should have raised its voice at that time. Even today, the Bar Council must stand up for justice, because lawyers also led our freedom movement.”

Saurabh Bharadwaj further said that all lawyers in Delhi were on strike today, abd saiThe issue is that some lawyers went inside Shahdara police station because they said the police had taken money and released the accused. The lawyers say they were assaulted by the police inside the station, and instead of acting on their complaint, the ACP registered an FIR against the lawyers themselves. This is what has angered the lawyers.”