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Three Cops Suspended in Bhopal After Alleged Assault on Lawyer Sparks Outcry
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News18•23-09-2026, 17:15
Three Cops Suspended in Bhopal After Alleged Assault on Lawyer Sparks Outcry
- •Three police officers, including the station in-charge Rajan Singh Ahirwar, were suspended in Bhopal following allegations of assaulting advocate Rakesh Rawal.
- •Constables Yash Lakhera and Ramswaroop were also suspended and attached to the police lines after the incident at Jahangirabad police station.
- •Advocate Rakesh Rawal claimed he was misbehaved with and assaulted with batons by police personnel after an argument over a closed road for Ganesh idol immersion.
- •Lawyers staged a protest at the police station until 3 AM and later demonstrated at the Bhopal District Court, abstaining from proceedings.
- •Senior police officials assured an impartial investigation and action against any officer found guilty, with a probe currently underway.
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Three police personnel, including station in-charge Rajan Singh Ahirwar and constables Yash Lakhera and Ramswaroop, were suspended following allegations that they misbehaved with and assaulted a 45-year-old lawyer named Rakesh Rawal at the Jahangirabad police station.
The argument began when advocate Rakesh Rawal was passing through the Khatlapura temple road and police personnel claimed the road was closed for Ganesh idol immersion processions.
Following the incident, a large number of lawyers staged a protest at the police station until 3 AM demanding action, and later demonstrated at the Bhopal District Court by abstaining from court proceedings.
