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Lawyers’ body stages protest alleging police harassment

Members of the Bezawada Bar Association say police opened a chargesheet against advocate Gavaskar, seek its immediate withdrawal

Lawyers’ body stages protest alleging police harassment

The Bezawada Bar Association organized a protest in Vijayawada to condemn alleged police harassment of lawyers, reports say. According to BBA members, police had filed cases against advocates without sufficient evidence and were harassing them, the source stated. One of the targeted lawyers, Gavaskar, had a chargesheet opened against him by the police, and the lawyers demanded its immediate withdrawal, the report added.

As a symbolic protest, the lawyers submitted a representation to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's statue, it was reported.

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