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New Delhi, February 14
The Bengaluru police arrested an advocate for allegedly assaulting other advocates on the City Civil Court premises in Bengaluru.
The accused was identified as Jagadish KN Mahadev, who represented the woman in the sex-for-job scam involving former Karnataka minister Ramesh Jarkiholi.
The police also booked 40 others, including the advocate’s son and two colleagues.
The police stated that he was arrested from his house in Kodigehalli based on a complaint filed by advocate Narayana Swamy for the alleged assault and social media threats.
As per Swamy’s complaint, the accused created commotion on the court premises and threatened him. On February 11, Jagadish and others entered the court premises and disturbed the peace. They held him by my neck and kicked him while threatened some other advocates too.
According to the police, Advoctae Jagadish went to the court to submit documents in the defamation case, accompanied by his colleagues when the alleged incident took place.
He also allegedly put out a video on social media threatening and abusing lawyers, senior police personnel and president of the Advocates Association of Bengaluru Vivek Subba Reddy
Advocate Jagadish claimed with police that a group of people attacked his son and colleagues. The police have booked him under various sections of the IPC, including promoting enmity between groups, criminal conspiracy, rioting and attempt to murder.
