{
  "id": 10737366,
  "title": "Lawyers’ body stages protest alleging police harassment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/lawyers-body-stages-protest-alleging-police-harassment",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T17:14:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/lawyers-body-stages-protest-alleging-police-harassment/article71525127.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "Members of the Bezawada Bar Association say police opened a chargesheet against advocate Gavaskar, seek its immediate withdrawal",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}