Lawyers detained for burning effigy of police inspector

VADODARA: Raopura police detained 11 members of Baroda Bar Association (BBA) for burning the effigy of Kishanwadi police inspector on Friday morning. The senior lawyers were protesting against the recent issue surrounding the ill-treatment of senior lawyer Chetan Gore at the police station.
The effigy was burnt outside Nyaymandir, where the lawyers assembled to protest following the incident on Monday.BBA president Nalin Patel, vice president Ranjitsinh Rathod and Secretary Nehal Sutharia were detained by the police who rushed to the spot immediately after the incident. The detainees have been booked under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code.
Other lawyers included, Dharmesh Patel, Mayank Pandya, Ritesh Thakkar, James Makwan, Vrajesh Shah, Edwin Dhabi, Prakash Mandiya and Shailesh Vyas.
Baroda Bar Association (BBA) called for a two-day strike on Thursday. Gore, who visited the police station on Monday, was asked to remove his shoes outside the station by the police inspector. Gore later got into an argument with the police inspector, as he pointed out that the staff at the station was itself not abiding by the decree of removing shoes.
The association even wrote an application to the commissioner demanding fair treatment of lawyers at police stations across the city. The association has also demanded an apology from the police inspector at the Kishanwadi police station.