Kanpur: Police arrested the nominated advocate Taru Agarwal on Saturday. the killing Lawyer Gautam Dutt, who was shot dead during the firing incident in the district court premises on Friday during the Kanpur Bar Association (KBA) elections, has been murdered.
Police Commissioner Asim Kumar Arun has appealed for full cooperation from the advocates in maintaining law and order.
Let us inform that after the cancellation of the Bar Association elections late on Friday evening, firing took place outside the Shatabdi Gate in the district court premises. During this, advocate Gautam Dutt, resident of Anwarganj Phoolwali Gali, was shot in the stomach. He died during treatment at Lala Lajpat Rai (LLR) Hospital around 10.30 pm.
After the information, the lawyers created a ruckus, later the police reached the spot and pacified them by assuring speedy action.
A case of murder has been registered on the complaint of Sangeeta Dwivedi, aunt of the deceased Gautam, who has named one Taru Agarwal in the FIR. It is alleged that Taru Aggarwal had killed Gautam due to old enmity.
The police commissioner said that the main accused in this case, Taru Agarwal, has been arrested on Saturday morning and is being questioned. Meanwhile, police sources said that Taru Aggarwal surrendered at the Cantt police station at around 5.30 am on Saturday.
The complaint alleges an election contest, but in the posters and pamphlets found by the police, Gautam Dutt and accused Taru Agarwal are seen supporting the same candidate. Police are trying to find out the exact cause of the incident.
Meanwhile, advocates of Kanpur Nagar abstained from judicial work on Saturday to condole the death.
Joint secretary post aspirant Gautam Dutt was shot after the announcement of cancellation of KBA elections.
Two associations, the Kanpur Bar Association and the Lawyers Association, put up the banner of strike and asked the members to abstain from judicial proceedings.
KBA gave financial assistance of Rs 50,000 to the bereaved family of Gautam Dutt.
The administration has deployed heavy police force at the postmortem house in the morning to prevent any untoward incident. After the postmortem, the relatives performed the last rites of the deceased advocate on the banks of river Ganga.
Meanwhile, the Bar Council of UP has repeatedly asked the Elders Committee to submit its report to the Bar Council as well as the Observer. But, according to Devendra Mishra, the observer sent by the UP Bar Council to monitor the election, no report has come so far.
Talking to Times of India, Mishra said, ‘I thanked God when I reached home last night. I had never imagined that such practices are being followed in the election of the most educated advocates.
Mishra said that he was seeking the report since Friday evening but the election steering committee has not sent the report yet.
He had received a PDF file a few minutes back, in which he had tried to blur the incident. “The Chairman of the Bar Council and others were waiting for the names of advocates involved in shoot outs and illegal activities during voting so that they could be suspended or denied their licences. But, no name has been given yet,” said Mishra, who is also a member of the Bar Council.
Accusing the Elders Committee, he said that they have not yet sent the CCTV footage. “Once the footage is found, the advocates involved can be easily identified and the Bar Council will take action against them,” he said.
He said that as per the oral report, the committee had held one candidate each for the post of chairman and secretary. But he did not name anyone.
Though apparently the Kanpur court complex was peaceful on Saturday, there were apprehensions among various groups of advocates. The subject of discussion was the firing in the court premises and the death of a lawyer. Some blamed student union politics among the new advocates, while some claimed that hooliganism had begun on the court premises.
Police Commissioner Asim Kumar Arun has appealed for full cooperation from the advocates in maintaining law and order.
Let us inform that after the cancellation of the Bar Association elections late on Friday evening, firing took place outside the Shatabdi Gate in the district court premises. During this, advocate Gautam Dutt, resident of Anwarganj Phoolwali Gali, was shot in the stomach. He died during treatment at Lala Lajpat Rai (LLR) Hospital around 10.30 pm.
After the information, the lawyers created a ruckus, later the police reached the spot and pacified them by assuring speedy action.
A case of murder has been registered on the complaint of Sangeeta Dwivedi, aunt of the deceased Gautam, who has named one Taru Agarwal in the FIR. It is alleged that Taru Aggarwal had killed Gautam due to old enmity.
The police commissioner said that the main accused in this case, Taru Agarwal, has been arrested on Saturday morning and is being questioned. Meanwhile, police sources said that Taru Aggarwal surrendered at the Cantt police station at around 5.30 am on Saturday.
The complaint alleges an election contest, but in the posters and pamphlets found by the police, Gautam Dutt and accused Taru Agarwal are seen supporting the same candidate. Police are trying to find out the exact cause of the incident.
Meanwhile, advocates of Kanpur Nagar abstained from judicial work on Saturday to condole the death.
Joint secretary post aspirant Gautam Dutt was shot after the announcement of cancellation of KBA elections.
Two associations, the Kanpur Bar Association and the Lawyers Association, put up the banner of strike and asked the members to abstain from judicial proceedings.
KBA gave financial assistance of Rs 50,000 to the bereaved family of Gautam Dutt.
The administration has deployed heavy police force at the postmortem house in the morning to prevent any untoward incident. After the postmortem, the relatives performed the last rites of the deceased advocate on the banks of river Ganga.
Meanwhile, the Bar Council of UP has repeatedly asked the Elders Committee to submit its report to the Bar Council as well as the Observer. But, according to Devendra Mishra, the observer sent by the UP Bar Council to monitor the election, no report has come so far.
Talking to Times of India, Mishra said, ‘I thanked God when I reached home last night. I had never imagined that such practices are being followed in the election of the most educated advocates.
Mishra said that he was seeking the report since Friday evening but the election steering committee has not sent the report yet.
He had received a PDF file a few minutes back, in which he had tried to blur the incident. “The Chairman of the Bar Council and others were waiting for the names of advocates involved in shoot outs and illegal activities during voting so that they could be suspended or denied their licences. But, no name has been given yet,” said Mishra, who is also a member of the Bar Council.
Accusing the Elders Committee, he said that they have not yet sent the CCTV footage. “Once the footage is found, the advocates involved can be easily identified and the Bar Council will take action against them,” he said.
He said that as per the oral report, the committee had held one candidate each for the post of chairman and secretary. But he did not name anyone.
Though apparently the Kanpur court complex was peaceful on Saturday, there were apprehensions among various groups of advocates. The subject of discussion was the firing in the court premises and the death of a lawyer. Some blamed student union politics among the new advocates, while some claimed that hooliganism had begun on the court premises.
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