Bar association’s gen sec booked for threatening lawyer

Vadodara: The general secretary of Baroda Bar Association was booked on Wednesday for insulting and intimidating a lawyer last month.
Complainant lawyer Kulin Sikligar alleged that the general secretary Ritesh Thakkar called him on July 2 night and hurled abuses at him and issued threats to him.
Sikligar also alleged that Thakkar used abusive words for his friend Dakshay Bhatt as well. According to Sikligar, Thakkar called him in response to a message which he had circulated among lawyers on WhatsApp.
Police said that Sikligar’s message was about questioning the help of Rs 15 lakh offered by the bar association’s president Hasmukh Bhatt for junior lawyers. Sikligar said that he learnt from his friends about Bhatt’s offer. The office-bearers of the lawyers’ body had met at the district court complex to discuss about helping junior lawyers.