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·THE HINDU, Wednesday, November 12, 2003

Lawyer assaults
cop during
court hearing

By Our Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI, NOV.U. A Delhi
police sub-inspector (SI) was
allegedly assaulted by a
' lawyer following an
argument over tampering of
case property during a
hearing in the Red Fort
shootout case at Tis Hazarl
Courts here today.
According to the pollee, SI
Harender Singh was slapped
by defence lawyer, R.I..
Tufall, following an argument
in the court of Additional
Sessions Judge D.K. SainJ. Sl
Harender had produced a
witness in the court from
whom the main accused of
the Red Fort shootout case,
Ashfaq, was alleged to have
bought some computers in
Okhla. He had used these
computers to set up his cyber
cafe which was allegedly used
for terrorist activities. The
witness identified Ashfaq
following which Harender
produced the computers,
seized from Ashfaq's care in
Okhla, as evidence. All these
computers were sealed.
Defence counsel R.L. Tufail
decided to have a closer look
at those computers. When he
touched the seal, Harender
objected saying the seals
could break if not handled
I
properly. Tufail retorted by
saying that Harender was
I unnecessarily accusing him.
Harender said he only
wanted to warn him that the
seals were fragile and could
break. However, the matter
took a turn for the worse and
Tufall slapped Harender in
the court.
Harender was taken to
Arona Asaf Ali Hospital
where he was medically
examined. He also
complained of pain in his
ears. On the basis of his
complaint, the Subzi Mandi
police have registered a case
under sections 186
(obstructing a public servant
in discharge of his official
function), 332 (voluntarily
causing hurt to public
servant to deter him from his
duty), 335 (voluntarily
causing grievous hurt on
provocation) and 506
(criminal intimidation) of the
Indian Penal Code and are
investigating further. ·