Security ramped up at Karkardooma courts

Lawyers call it’s knee-jerk reaction to Gogi’s murder

Even as the Delhi police have submitted their suggestions in an affidavit to the Delhi High Court to maximise security for both clients and lawyers inside all the seven district courts in the city, the Karkardooma court complex on Thursday saw a tight security cover with deployment of more paramilitary personnel on the premises. This comes two weeks after gangster Jitender Mann alias Gogi was shot dead by rival gang members, who posed as lawyers, inside the Rohini court.

However, a spot check by The Hindu revealed a few instances where clients and lawyers were allowed to enter the court without being frisked or asked for an identity card. The Karkardooma court complex presides over all the cases related to the north-east Delhi riots and has four specially constituted courts on its campus.