The Faizabad Bar Association on 28 May urged Senior Superintendent of Police of Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, to register a case of sedition against lawyers defending blast accused. Bar members handed over a memorandum to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Faizabad demanding registration of cases of sedition against advocates Jamal Ahmad, NadeemSiddiqee, ShakilurRahman and Mohammad Saleem who are defending lawyers of Tariq Qasmi, SajjadurRahman, Mohammad Akhtar and late Khalid Mujahid.
The secretary of Faizabad Bar Association, SatishSrivastava, said all the four lawyers were recently leading a protest march against the custodial death of Khalid Mujahid while the group that they were leading was raising anti-national slogans.Meanwhile, no action has been taken so far against the bar members who attacked Advocate Shakeel, one of the defending lawyers of the four accused, though he has named some attackers in his FIR.