“Maybe, the High Court Bar Association is doing something,” Gupta told The Indian Express. The Delhi Police Special Cell had also searched the Nizamuddin East office of lawyer Mehmood Pracha, whose firm Legal Axis is defending several persons accused in cases related to the Delhi riots. In August, police had told a Delhi court that Pracha had forged documents and instigated a man to depose falsely in a case related to the riots. Delhi High Court Bar Association Honorary Secretary Abhijat Friday said the lawyers’ body was in the process of ascertaining the facts. Mehmood Pracha and his associates has been given to the local Police Station for appropriate action”.

Source: Indian Express December 25, 2020 20:15 UTC