Karnataka govt suspends police officer for filing ‘false case’ against 40 lawyers

The Karnataka government has suspended the Police Sub-Inspector (SI) Syed Tanveer Hussain who allegedly had filed a “false” FIR against 40 lawyers in connection with a social media post by advocate Chand Pasha against the Varanasi judge who had passed the judgement in Gyanvapi mosque case.

“Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka and



senior BJP leaders have alleged that the police officer has falsely implicated lawyers by filing FIR against them,” Karnataka Minister for Home G. Parameshwara said in the Assembly on Wednesday.

He said that the lawyers have also demanded that the police officer should be suspended and had also planned to stage a protest in Bengaluru today.