Police, lawyers clash at Ghaziabad court

The police and lawyers clashed at a court in Ghaziabad on Tuesday after an altercation between an advocate and a judge about the hearing of an anticipatory bail plea escalated, PTI reported. The lawyers also set fire to a local police outpost, the police said.

The ruckus erupted at about 11 am in the district and sessions court complex in the Raj Nagar area following the argument, according to the news agency. The police resorted to lathis to disperse the lawyers, India Today reported.

The news agency quoted several unidentified lawyers as claiming that they suffered injuries as the police officers used lathis against them.

Ghaziabad Police Commissioner Ajay Kumar Mishra said that the lawyers had set fire to a local police outpost.

Later in the day, several purported videos of the clash emerged on social media. One video showed police officers wielding lathis in a crowded courtroom. An officer was also seen lifting a wooden chair, gesturing as if he was about to throw it towards the crowd.

In another video, police officers could be seen inside the premises of the court complex wearing riot gear. A third clip also showed the police officers and the lawyers embroiled in a confrontation inside the courtroom.

गाजियाबाद, यूपी कोर्ट में वकीलों और जज में झड़प। जज ने पुलिस बुलाई।...

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