India: activist lawyer brutally beaten
Event- Country
- India
- Initial Date
- Aug 18, 2022
- Event Description
While he was doing a Facebook live showcasing unauthorised activities allegedly by cops and traffic brigade (TRB) jawans, lawyer activist Mehul Boghra was attacked in the Laskana area by a cop in civil dress who injured him with a stick. The attack was captured live in the video show. Known for making live videos through his social media platforms about alleged irregularities of traffic police, Boghra needed four stitches on his head and is under treatment at a hospital. "The person who attacked me is Sajan Bharwad, supervisor of TRB. I had recently warned him, the police and other TRB jawans to stop collecting money from commercial vehicles as he was doing this near my office," Boghra told TOI. "They, in turn, threatened to kill me. Recently, they again started the same activity but changed the location," said Boghra, adding that he came to know about it and after verification went to do a live video on Thursday. Within seconds of him starting the video, a man pulled out a stick from an auto rickshaw and started hitting Boghra, while the video shows cops in uniform standing nearby. Boghra was helped by his known persons and taken to the hospital. "Police are yet to register an FIR in the case even after seven hours. They are not ready to register the offence under attempt to murder and make the other cops present at the spot as co-accused," Boghra alleged. "An inquiry has been ordered into the incident and necessary actions will be taken based on the report," said Usha Rada Desai, deputy commissioner of police, traffic sector I.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Violence (physical)
- Wounds and Injuries
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Online
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Lawyer
- Perpetrator-Non-State
- Non-state
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 21.196413477974083
Longitude: 72.8259188901319
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 18 August 2022, Mehul Boghra, lawyer, was brutally beaten by unknown assailant while live streaming police alleging taking bribe in Surat, India.