Woman lawyer hurt in face-off in Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram: The Vanchiyoor police on Friday registered a case against unidentified mediapersons for allegedly injuring Pathirapally Krishnakumari, a woman  advocate, during the face-off between advocates and mediapersons at the district court on Thursday.    Adv. Krishnakumari, in her sixties, is a former director of Kerala State Woman’s Development Corporation (KSWDC).

She  was here to solve the dispute  between mediapersons and advocates  when she was hit by a stone on her head. “She had seven stitches on her head. She claimed that a stone  was hurled by the mediapersons who had gathered outside. Being a senior member of the Bar Council,  she had come to initiate a peace talk,” said Vanchiyoor SI Saiju Nath.

The  bleeding lawyer was carried by other  lawyers to a hospital at Fort where she is  recuperating from her injuries. “She was a member of All-India Democratic Women’s  Association and is a guru to many of the eminent lawyers in the court.  There was an attack from journalists as well and this fight has to stop for good,” said a colleague of Adv. Krishnakumari.  

Meanwhile, the lawyers attached to Attingal Bar Council organised a protest against mediapersons and ousted a lawyer who came there in spite of a court boycott.  The mediapersons at  Neyyatinkara staged a ‘shayanapradaskinam’ to Neyyatinkara court. Dozens of policemen were deployed in and around Vanchiyoor district court to avoid untoward incidents on Friday.