Woman trashed for hitting husband's lawyer with slipper

CHENNAI: A young woman created ripples on the Madras high court premises on Friday when she slippered an advocate, allegedly because he made some insinuative comments at her.

Soon after, Gayathri (25) of Adyar was punched by a group of advocates and dragged to the nearby police station by her hair. The news spread like wild fire and nearly 100 advocates stationed themselves outside the B-4 police station on the court campus demanding her custody. Police personnel had tough time managing the crowd and answering their queries.

Gayathri, accompanied by her 65-year-old father Dinakar Kumar, had come to the family court in connection with her divorce case proceedings.

The advocate, Balasubramani, later lodged a complaint with the police stating that Gayathri picked up a quarrel with him because he was representing her husband Karthik in the divorce proceedings. "She insisted that I do not appear for her husband. When I refused, she slippered on my cheeks several times," he alleged.

Police registered a first information report for offences such as voluntarily causing hurt, use of criminal force with intent to dishonour a person and criminal intimidation against Gayathri and her father. Both were later produced before the VII metropolitan magistrate at George Town.

While remanding them, the magistrate noticed contusions on Gayathri's face and sought to know the reason. When she explained that she had been thrashed by a mob, the magistrate ordered her to be taken to the government hospital for treatment. Her father too was provided treatment at the hospital.

While advocates condemned assault on a lawyer, that too inside the court premises, an advocate-relative of Gayathri told the police that she did not deserve to be treated like a common criminal.


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