Meet lawyer Vikram Singh Chauhan, the force behind the court attacks
Chauhan urged lawyers to reach the court well in time to teach the traitors a lesson'
New Delhi: The nation has been shaken by the level of defiance to top court orders followed by attacks in court premises, pushing the country to another level of lawlessness. Donning the role of a 'true patriot', Advocate Vikram Singh Chauhan took the sole responsibility on himself of leading the court attacks on two consecutive days in the national capital.
JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who was produced in court on Wednesday afternoon, faced a few blows right in the middle of Patiala House court premises, in the presence of lawyers and cops. The ambush was led by none other than Chauhan.
This was not Chauhan’s first. His act of hooliganism was caught on camera earlier too when he, along with fellow lawyers, attacked journalists, students and JNU faculty members on Monday outside the same court.
What could be the reason behind this? A glance through Facebook may perhaps have an answer - power?
Chauhan is seen photographed with the top BJP leadership – right from Rajnath Singh to LK Advani. He has also posted pictures of himself standing next to BJP leaders such as JP Nadda, Nirmala Sitharaman, Anurag Thankur, Sushil Modi, Dharmendra Pradhan and Kailash Vijaywargiya.
While the cover photo of his page shows Chauhan posing with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, the profile photo is of him with veteran BJP leader LK Advani.
With more than 300 likes on Facebook, Chauhan describes himself as a lawyer and also a “worker of BJP”.
Chauhan’s Facebook timeline shows as many as nine posts between February 11 and 15 in which he urged lawyers to reach the court on time to “demonstrate patriotism” and “teach the traitors a lesson”.
Speaking to various sections of the media, Chauhan remained thoroughly defiant and threatened to resort to violence once again in the future if people continued to raise anti-India slogans.
"People who said 'Pakistan Zindabad' have been made heroes and we are being called gundas," he said.
Chauhan also claimed that it was he who sent out an invitation to others to join in the proceedings at Patiala House court when Kanhaiya was brought in for questioning on Monday. He led the large group of lawyers who barged into the court complex carrying flags and shouting slogans of "Bharat Maata Ki Jai" and "Vande Mataram".
In complete defiance of the Supreme Court order which limited the number of people inside the courtroom, allowing only five reporters and two supporters of the arrested students to attend the hearing, Chauhan went ahead with his team and attacked Kanhaiya.
As Kanhaiya Kumar was being brought to the court, lawyers started rounding him up and assaulting him. Police who remained mute witnesses to the blatant attack on both ocassions.
So far there has been no case filed against him.