The incident took place at Prosecutor Deshpande's office in the District and Sessions Court, the FIR said.(Photo: Unsplash) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed

A case was registered against a lawyer on Wednesday for allegedly beating up a government prosecutor for not participating in a protest, police said on Wednesday.

Advocate Manohar Lokhande allegedly beat prosecutor Avinash Deshpande (59) with a shoe and tried to strangle him on Tuesday evening because Deshpande had not worn a black ribbon as part of a lawyers' protest held on Oct. 13, as per the First Information Report.

The incident took place at Deshpande's office in the District and Sessions Court, the FIR said.

When Deshpande reached the Vedant Nagar police station to register a case, Lokhande fol

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