The murder of lawyer Shahid Azmi has brought the legal fraternity together with bar associations across Mumbai planning to discuss the security of lawyers dealing with terror-related and underworld cases. They have planned a meeting where they will raise the issue and condemn the murder.
“We have planned a meeting to discuss this serious issue. Shahid’s death demands an urgent look into the security of lawyers who deal with dangerous cases, which at times doesn’t go well with certain section of the society,” said senior advocate Rohini Salian, special public prosecutor in the 2008 Malegaon blast case and general secretary of the City Civil and Sessions Court Bar Association.
“There have been several instances where lawyers were intimidated and, in a few cases, attacks on the lawyers who took up blasts and underworld cases.”
Similar meetings are planned in lower courts’ bar association too.
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Azmi, 32, was defending one of the 26/11 accused, Fahim Ansari. He was shot dead by four persons from point-blank range in his office in Taximen’s Colony, Kurla, on Thursday night. While police had initially hinted at the possible hand of the underworld, the lawyer’s fraternity feels a judicial probe is essential.
“Shahid was very passionate about justice, and used the law courts to seek redress of injustice of any kind. His active role in the civil liberties movement has come to an abrupt end. His death needs to be probed in and we have decided to press for an judicial inquiry,” said advocate Susan Gonsalves of the Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights.
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