Madras High Court Violence: Police Official Transferred

Madras High Court Violence: Police Official Transferred Dated : 21 Feb 2009, 1150 hrs IST, Source : PTI CHENNAI: Text: Joint commissioner (Chennai North) M Ramasubramani, under whose jurisdiction the Madras high court comes, has been transferred in the wake of the clashes between police and advocates in the court premises. Ramasubramani has been transferred and posted as DIG Railways, official sources said. He has been replaced by S N Seshasayee, DIG Railways, sources said adding the transfers were effected late Friday night. Clashes between advocates, agitating on Sri Lankan issue, and police broke out on Thursday over arrest of some lawyers accused of assaulting Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy in the court. A judge and many police personnel besides advocates were injured in stone pelting and subsequent police baton-charge.

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