Delhi: At court for work, constable stopped and slapped several times

Video grab of Monday’s incidents.

On Monday morning, constable Karan Yadav, posted with Mehrauli police station of South district, had come to execute a court order and was returning when he was stopped by a group of lawyers. In a video that has spread like wildfire since, a lawyer can be seen hitting Yadav with his elbow and repeatedly slapping him even as the policeman doesn’t retaliate. As Yadav starts to drive away, the man picks up a helmet off the ground and hurls it at his bike.

The constable has now lodged a complaint at Saket police station, and his is one of the four complaints received by police against lawyers. While two have been filed by policemen, including one alleging vandalism, two are from litigants.

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Police sources also said lawyers gheraoed several naib courts — policemen who work as a link between the local police station and the court. “The group that assaulted Yadav spoke about the violence at Tis Hazari and abused him,” an officer said.

One of the litigants who was allegedly assaulted, Ravi Parkash, told police in his complaint that he came to attend a hearing for his court challan when he was attacked.

“He alleged in his complaint that he was coming from the court when he saw a number of advocates, who suddenly attacked him with a steel rod. He was taken to a nearby hospital by a passerby,” an officer said.