Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA Oct 18:- Today work remained suspended in the District & Sessions Court, Kathua including all other Civil & Criminal subordinate courts including Revenue Courts, Labour Courts etc. in protest against the misbehavior by a police personnel, SI Riaz Ahmed with the senior Bar member advocate, Dilawar Singh near his home at Kalibari at the Police Naka.
A press conference was also organized under the leadership of its president, Ajat Shatru Sharma in order to condemn the high headedness and egoistic attitude of the police personnel. While addressing the media persons, Ajat Shatru Sharma appealed to the SSP Kathua, R. C. Kotwal to personally intervene in the matter and take strong note of it. He further said that SSP Kathua must ensure that such type of police personals must not given Naka duties within Kathua City. The number of required Police Nakas must be regulated in a manner that these Nakas must not be a source of unnecessary harassment for the general public within the Kathua city which is just smaller urban area and not a big city like Jammu.
He said more stress must be laid on traffic rules and awareness rather than revenue collection from the members of the public at these types of Nakas within the Kathua city. He also said that police must maintain good police-public relations in order to get cooperation from the general public and must show their sensitivity towards law abiding citizens.
He hinted strong steps shall be taken in near future after consulting Executive Committee and Advisory Committee including other members of the Bar. If nothing is improved on ground and District Bar Association Kathua will not tolerate the misbehavior with public of Kathua at the hands of police personnel.
Others who were present in the press conference includes vice president of Bar, Devinder Singh, Ramit Jasrotia its general secretary, Kamaljeet Singh & Rahul Kahjuria, treasurer, Anil Kalotra, press secretary, Pardeep Kumar, joint secretary, V S Billowaria, senior Executive Member, T. N. Gupta, & Executive Member Lovely Kumar beside members of Advisory Committee and other senior Bar members.
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