After unleashing violent attacks on journalists and
students on two consecutive occasions, lawyer Vikram Singh Chauhan on
Friday led a “peace march” around the India Gate roundabout, protesting
“defamatory statements” made by the media against him and his
colleagues.
Mr. Chauhan, who has been summoned thrice
by the police, the third summon being issued on Friday, has been
actively participating in marches and public events, but has no found no
time to visit the police station.
He was seen
carrying the Tricolour and raising slogans such as ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’
at Friday’s rally. Talking to The Hindu later, he said he was yet to
take a call on the police summons served on him so far.
The
lawyer, who on Thursday was felicitated at a Delhi court by some
lawyers for “protecting Mother India” and teaching a lesson to
“anti-national elements”, had made an appeal to fellow lawyers to join
the “peace march” on his Facebook page.
The march was
organised by the Coordination Committee of All the District Bar
Associations of Delhi against “a conspiracy” by the media to tarnish the
image of the legal fraternity in their reports on the violence
witnessed inside and outside the Patiala House Courts on February 15 and
17.
On Friday afternoon, a large group of lawyers,
led by Mr. Chauhan, marched from the Patiala House Courts to India Gate
and back. Yashpal Singh and Om Sharma, two other lawyers who have been
summoned in connection with the violence on the two days, also
participated in the march, said Mr. Chauhan.
Statements
such as “(Umar) Khalid ki zabaan kaat do (cut off Khalid’s toungue)”
were made by a group of lawyers as they returned to the court premises.
Although the march, which started and concluded at Gate Number 2 of the
court, remained incident-free, the slogans were reflective of the
aggression among the lawyers.
Source: The Hindu
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