New Delhi: One of the three lawyers, Yashpal Singh, who allegedly attacked journalists and JNU students at the Patiala House Court, was arrested by the Delhi Police on Tuesday night.
Lawyer Yashpal Singh was taken to Tilak Marg police station where he will be questioned. Another lawyer, Vikram Chauhan has not yet joined the probe.
The lawyers, led by Vikram Chauhan, were caught on camera allegedly assaulting journalists, JNU teachers and students at Patiala House court last week.
The arrest came hours after Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi said that coercive action will be taken against them. The lawyers had failed to present themselves before the Delhi Police despite several summons.
On Monday, a television channel aired a sting operation done on two of the three advocates in which they claimed that they had thrashed JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and he wet his pants during the beating.
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.
Groups of lawyers led by Chauhan had thrashed journalists and JNU students and teachers on February 15 and repeated their act on February 17 against Kumar and some journalists, in open defiance of Supreme Court instructions.
"While one case against Singh pertains to the February 15 incident, the other relates to the attack which took place two days later," the senior official said.
Earlier on Saturday, one of the three lawyers, who allegedly led the attack on journalists, students and teachers of JNU at Patiala House Court Complex on February 15 was arrested.
Police had issued summons to lawyers Vikram Singh Chauhan, Yashpal Singh and Om Sharma to join investigation, following which Om Sharma presented himself before them and was arrested.
Sharma presented himself for interrogation at Tilak Marg police station, where he was arrested under relevant sections of IPC and was later later released on bail.
With PTI inputs.
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