BCI condemns attack on its co-chairman Sadashiva Reddy at his office in Bengaluru

SADASHIVA REDDY. Photo: ksbc.org.in

The Indian Bar Association (BCI) has condemned the attack on its co -president, Yr SadShiva Reddy, main lawyer, in his private office in Bengaluru on April 16.

In a statement, the president of BCI, Manan Kumar Mishra, has declared that the injuries suffered by Mr. Reddy are not “not random injuries, they were blows destined to silence, paralyze and intimidate a superior defender and an elected representative of legal fraternity.” Mr. Reddy is chosen for the BCI of the Board of Laws of the State of Karnataka (KSBC).

According to the first information report (FIR) registered by the Halasurgate Police in the city of Bengaluru based on Mr. Reddy’s complaint, two people arrived at their office around 8.30 am

Duration The attack, one of the assailants was shouting that Mr. Reddy did not entertain his mother’s complaint to the KSBC about two years in an alleged relationship with a main lawyer, which no longer exists, the FIT.

The assailant had said that he did not get assets of the deceased senior lawyer due to Mr. Reddy. Before leaving the office after the attack, the assailant had scored his mobile number in a piece of paper asking Mr. Reddy to do what he wanted and had threatened Mr. Reddy who would not let him live, he has declared in the complaint in the complaint.

In addition, Mr. Reddy has declared in the complaint that a person, who affirms himself as the son of E. Rose, had called him from an unknown number on April 15 at night in search of an appointment to discuss urgent matter and perhaps he was the same person as Athohhehoth. Reddy had asked him to come to the office on the night of April 16.

The crimes of attempted to kill, causing serious injuries, criminal stress pass under the provisions of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has registered the leg by the police, which Alreamy has arrested a person in this regard.

Meanwhile, Vivek Subba Reddy, president of the Advocaties Association, Bengaluru, while condemning the attack, has appreciated police efforts by arresting the accused person within 12 hours after the incident. The AAB will celebrate a demonstration in Bangalore on April 21 to protest against the incident of attacks against lawyers.

The BCI has also urged that defenders, regardless of their rank or position, must receive police protection in their homes and offices if they face any credible threat. The offices of the law councils and the cameras of the Bar Association must receive institutional protection, including security audits, CCTV surveillance, panic buttons and police presence 24 hours a day, the BCI has demanded.