The story which has dominated the news this week has been the rioting between lawyers and police at Madras High Court.
To summarise what happened:
- Leader of the political Janata party insulted a Lawyer on ‘caste lines’.
- Colleagues demand his arrest, which erupts into violence.
- Police and Lawyers start throwing stones and bottles at each other
- Police fire tear gas and baton charge the lawyers
- Police smash up Lawyers cars and Motorbikes
- Lawyers set fire to a police station and State buses
- Elite Commandos called to the scene
- 122 Policemen injured, 150 lawyers charged with attempted murder.
Great to know the the purveyors of Law and Order have such a blatent disregard for the rue of law.
I predict a riot . .