Tamang, a hero for lawyers

Metropolitan magistrate SP Tamang who conducted the probe into the killings of Ishrat Jahan and three others has become a hero among the lawyers.

Tamang was promoted and appointed as metropolitan magistrate at Gheekanta on June 11, 2007. Tamang, who hails from Darjeeling, has lived in Ahmedabad since his birth as his parents had settled in the city. His father was employed by Western Railway.

Tamang joined Bar and worked under advocate HL Joshi at metro court. He, however, worked at Gheekanta for only two months and joined the high court. In 1997, he cleared the examination for judicial services and was appointed JMEC at Bhavnagar.

He lives in Chandkheda with his wife and a nine-year-old son. Lawyers at metro court term Tamang as an honest and straightforward man.