Budaun (UP), February 28 A revenue officer narrowly avoided injury on Saturday after a group of lawyers allegedly stormed into his office and threw a chair at him here, officials said.
The incident occurred after the official allegedly "misbehaved" with the assistant of a female lawyer. The tehsildar of Dataganj, Ramchandra Singh, managed to avoid the chair as the situation escalated.
A video of the altercation, showing the chair being thrown into the officer's office, has gone viral on social media.
Following the incident, the Dataganj Tehsil Bar Association decided to halt judicial work, demanding action against the tehsildar. The association members filed a complaint against him at the Dataganj police station, while the tehsildar has also filed a complaint against the lawyers.
According to official sources, lawyer Asha Dixit lodged a complaint at the Dataganj police station, alleging inappropriate behavior by Singh. The female lawyer alleged that she had gone to the tehsildar's office with her assistant regarding a case, where the official spoke inappropriately to the assistant.
The complainant further alleged that the tehsildar grabbed her assistant by the neck and pushed her. When they objected, he allegedly behaved rudely with her as well.
Bar Association president Ajay Kumar Gupta claimed that Singh often misbehaves and argues with lawyers, a matter which they have already reported to authorities. All lawyers have decided to boycott work until action is taken against the tehsildar, he added.
Dataganj SDM Dharmendra Kumar Singh said a dispute occurred in the tehsildar's office and both parties have lodged police complaints. "We are trying to resolve the matter," he added.
