On Tuesday, advocates clashed outside a sales tax office in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. On Tuesday, advocates clashed outside a sales tax office in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Cameras caught the incident in Mohan Nagar, and social media users quickly shared the video. During the fight, a female lawyer sustained injuries and bled heavily.
The video showed the woman advocate engaging in a physical fight with another advocate over a client. Simultaneously, Amar Ujala reported that the other sales tax advocate spoke to the truck driver to secure the truck’s release and initiated the documentation process. Additionally, the female advocate approached the truck driver to manage his case. It led to a clash between the two advocates.
Notably, the woman and her husband are advocates for sales tax. In the video, the female lawyer grabs men by their collars. She then slapped one of them. It infuriated him. This infuriated the man, and he started assaulting the female advocate. Her husband tried to come forward to rescue her, but the man’s friends grabbed him by the neck and thrashed him also.
The Uttar Pradesh Police took cognizance of the matter after the video went viral and directed the Ghaziabad Police to take action. “The above case is in the knowledge of the local police. The Hindon Police Commissionerate said in an X post that they are taking action under section 173 (3) BNSS after receiving a written complaint from the victim.
The Congress slammed the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government over the incident. “In Ghaziabad, goons brutally beat up a female advocate. In which she was badly injured. Women cannot enjoy safety and peace in any corner of ‘crime-ridden Uttar Pradesh’. When such an incident can happen with a female advocate, then what will happen to common women?”
Notably, both sides filed complaints after the female lawyer’s fight. The police have initiated an investigation, but no arrests have been made to date.
