Lawyer Vikram Chauhan, who has been accused of attacking mediapersons and JNU students, has claimed innocence, claiming that those responsible for the violence at Patiala House Court were not his colleagues but students from the institute.
Speaking to CNN-IBN, Chauhan said that people from JNU initiated the violence at Patiala House court and the lawyers just acted in defence.
"We did not hit any journalist, it was JNU students who hit journalists to divert the attention," he alleged.
He, however, reiterated that the lawyer fraternity would not tolerate anti-India slogans.
"I have done nothing wrong. I will not let anyone shout slogans against India...JNU students came and started beating us and then we retaliated There is an FIR against me I will be part of investigation, I am not sacred," he said.
Chauhan further said, "They were raising pro-Pakistan slogans, they were wearing black coats and projected themselves as lawyers," claiming that was not a member of the BJP.
This comes even as the Bar Council of India on Thursday condemned the law and order breakdown at Patiala House Court in the national capital on Wednesday. Seeking probe into the incident, Bar Council of India chairman Manan Kumar Mishra said that if involvement of lawyers in the incident is found then licenses would be cancelled.
Two groups of lawyers engaged in a brawl on Wednesday outside Patiala House Court where JNU Student's Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on charges of sedition, was to be produced for his remand hearing.
Later, they also roughed up the JNUSU president when he arrived at the court.
Upset over brazen defiance of its orders by a bunch of rowdy lawyers, the Supreme Court issued a tough message to Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi to personally ensure the safety and security of JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, journalists and others in Patiala House Court complex.
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