Lawyer Yashpal Singh, who thrashed journos, students, arrested; gets bail
New Delhi: Hours after arrest of lawyer Yashpal Singh, who was caught on camera thrashing journalist and students in Patiala House Court last week in Delhi, was released on bail by Delhi police.
Yashpal Singh is amongst the three lawyers who were caught on camera thrashing students and journalists during the hearing of JNUSU president Kanhiya Kumar, who face sedition charges for allegedly raising anti-national slogans in JNU campus.
The arrest came a day after a news channel aired a sting operation in which the lawyer was seen boasting about beating JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, when he was brought to the court on February 17.
A senior Delhi Police official said Singh has been arrested in connection with two cases of assault when he presented himself to the investigators at Tilak Marg police station responding to summons.
Singh was caught on camera beating journalists and JNU students and teachers along with his colleagues Vikram Singh Chauhan and Om Sharma among others.
While Sharma was arrested on Saturday and subsequently released on bail, Chauhan, who led two brazen attacks, is yet to respond to multiple notices issued by the police asking him to join probe.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition that seeks action based on the TV sting that purportedly features the Mr Singh and lawyers Vikram Chauhan and Om Sharma - who were the most prominent of the lawyers involved in the assault on JNU students, teachers and journalists on February 15 and 17.
