Lawyers boycott courts in Thiruvananthapuram in protest against alleged police assault on senior advocate

Lawyers boycott courts in Thiruvananthapuram in protest against alleged police assault on senior advocate left https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/a18x6s/article71593548.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/advocate.jpg TH . A protest rally was organised under the leadership of the Thiruvananthapuram Bar Association at the Vanchiyoor Court complex THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Lawyers boycotted courts across Thiruvananthapuram district on Friday in protest against the City Police’s “failure” to suspend a traffic police officer, who allegedly assaulted K.P. Jayachandran, former Additional Advocate General and State president of the Indian Association of Lawyers. Mr. Jayachandran, a former president of the Thiruvananthapuram Bar Association and a present member of the Kerala Bar Council, was allegedly assaulted by a senior civil police officer attached to the Thiruvananthapuram City Traffic Police near the Kerala Administrative Tribunal in Vanchiyoor on Thursday.