P&H bar council vice-chairman arrested for attempted murder

Monday, 23 May 2011 By Legally India Bar, Bench & Litigation

The vice-chairman of the Punjab and Haryana state bar council has been arrested for attempted murder on Friday, according to reports.

Om Prakash Sharma is accused of having been involved in a “firing incident” in 2006 on the Faridabad court premises, surrounding the allotment of a canteen tender, reported the Times of India.

According to the Hindustan Times, four cases were registered against Sharma between 2000 and 2006, and that he was produced before court on Saturday amidst “unprecedented security arrangements”.

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Comments

Proud Indian 23 May 2011, 13:30
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Wonderful to see such excellent individuals serving on the state Bar Councils. That is why the state Bar Councils have been working so efficiently and transparently and in the interests of the legal profession. Keep it up! Mera Bharat Mahan.
Sabse bole 24 May 2011, 06:15
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our legal profession is in clutches of these [...] on on hand and fraudsters on the other!
Anonymous 24 May 2011, 07:34
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The firing incident occured in 2006 and he's been arrested and produced before court in 2011? What were the police and prosecutors doing all these years?
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