LAHORE, May 10: Exhibiting little remorse lawyers on Thursday beat up a policeman who showed up at the sessions court to record his statement in a case.

On Wednesday, an assistant sub-inspector of the Green Town police fell a victim to a lawyer’s violence on the sessions court premises.

During Thursday’s proceedings Imtiaz Wahla, a sub-inspector of the Quaid-i-Azam Industrial Area police station, came to record his statement before Additional District and Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal in connection with a theft case.

A former Lahore Bar Association vice-president, Qamar Shahid, got a theft case registered against Atif whom the SI exonerated following an investigation. The policeman told the judge the theft case was bogus, inviting wrath of Advocate Qamar Shahid who abused the SI.

The judge concluded the proceedings and asked the counsel to advance final arguments on the next date of hearing.

Advocate Shahid and his associates, however, continued ‘proceedings’ outside the courtroom and stopped SI Wahla on his way back. The lawyers thrashed the police official and tore his uniform.

Eyewitnesses said the incident created panic and no one dared rescue the cop who fell unconscious, with bleeding on his head and bruises.

The Islampura station house officer shifted the injured official to hospital and registered a case against Qamar Shahid, Touseef Ulfat, Sajid Awan and other lawyers.

Meanwhile, the lawyers secured pre-arrest interim bails from the court of AD&SJ Nadeem Shaukat till May 25.

LBA President Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali condemned the incident and said a general house meeting would be convened soon to take notice of such incidents.

He hastened to add the policemen also provoked lawyers to act violently.