Advocates have planned a march from the City Civil Court complex to the high court, and a protest rally after that. About 20,000 lawyers are expected to take part in the march.
Advocates from across the state will descend upon Bangalore on Friday to show solidarity with Bangalore’s legal fraternity, which has alleged that the policemen beat up lawyers and even judges at City Civil Court complex on March 2.
Advocates have planned a march from the City Civil Court complex to the high court, and a protest rally after that. About 20,000 lawyers are expected to take part in the march.
The police, too, have geared up. About 10,000 policemen will be on the streets on Friday. The services of Karnataka State Reserve Police and City Armed Reserve platoons will also be availed.
The police have clamped prohibitory orders in the central part of the city.
Maximum force
DG&IGP Shankar M Bidari held a meeting with senior police officers on Thursday to discuss security arrangements for Friday. He directed city police commissioner BG Jyothi Prakash Mirji to use maximum force to prevent any untoward incident. He directed Mirji to take quick decisions to nip trouble in the bud.
Bidari directed that 100-120 policemen should be deployed at all the junctions near city courts, in areas such as Hudson Circle, KR Circle and Mysore Bank Circle. Traffic police, too, have made plans to deal with an emergency, said AddlCP (traffic), MA Saleem.
An advocate said they were ready to face any kind of situation on Friday. He said the lawyers would request the chief justice not to continue court proceedings till their demands are met.
The advocates are demanding immediate suspension of Mirji and Bidari for police atrocities on advocates on March 2, besides resignation of home minister R Ashoka and law minister Suresh Kumar.
Black band protest
The policemen will be wearing black bands on their arms on Friday to protest against the advocates’ act of registering false cases against the men in khaki.
Family members of the policemen are also expected to take part in a protest, seeking protection for breadwinner of their family. N Nagaraj, president of Karnataka State Police Association, requested the policemen to give no scope to complaints while managing the advocates’ protest on Friday.
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