Woman admitted to hospital after being attacked by lawyer

Mangaldai: In a strange incident, a woman was admitted to hospital after she was physically assaulted by a lawyer. The incident took place in Mangaldai city of Assam.

According to sources, this incident took place in the office premises of the Bar Association located in Mangaldai. An unnamed woman was speaking to a lawyer regarding a case in which her son was involved. While they were talking, another lawyer came and slapped the woman.

Sources said that the woman had approached the lawyer regarding the matter and had also paid him his fees for the same, but when she did not get the expected results, the woman approached another lawyer and settled the matter. The woman asked the lawyer named Baharul Islam to return the advance amount, due to which he became angry and attacked the woman.

The woman was injured in the incident and was admitted to Mangaldai Civil Hospital.

Meanwhile, the local people have questioned such violent behavior of the lawyer and raised the question that if they can indulge in such activities in the office premises itself, then they can do anything else at other places.

Earlier, the Gauhati High Court Bar Association had opposed the decision to shift the Gauhati High Court and other courts from their current location to the proposed location at Rongmahal in North Guwahati. At a press conference, association president Mrinal Kumar Chaudhary said, “We have been protesting against this decision since June and the bar association has expressed displeasure over it. The association expressed its displeasure over the unilateral follow-up measures taken by the state government after its decision by constituting a high-level committee consisting of two High Court judges along with the Advocate General of Assam and some officials.