Kolkata, May 20: About 60,000 lawyers in west bengal stayed away from work today stalling all courts in the state in protest against the shooting of an advocate of Krishnanagar court. The one-day agitation called by the bar council of West Bengal was almost total as lawyers in all courts in the state, including the high court, did not work.
Lawyer debasish ray, the secretary of krishnanagar court Bar Association and a local Congress leader, was shot twice in the abdomen for protesting against the shifting of the forum from the Krishnanagar court premises on Sunday morning.
Demanding punishment for the guilty, Bar Council chairman Amiya Chatterjee told pti that the agitation was successful in 568 courts in the state.
The condition was of ray was stated to be serious but out of danger.
The council yesterday demanded the arrest of the Chairman, S K Basu, and an independent inquiry by a sitting judge of the high court.
The all India Bar Council has also condemned the incident and demanded punishment of the culprits.
Ray was leading a gherao of the forum chairman when the security guard of Basu opened fire in an attempt to free him from the mob.
The guard, Biswanath mondal was arrested on the day of the incident. Bureau Report