The video footage of a female lawyer lashing out at the police, who had filed a case against her for violating the lockdown restrictions in Chennai has gone viral. With the lockdown in place, the police were conducting a vehicle inspection at Chetpet signal in Chennai. The police intercepted a girl in an Alto car and inquired about the purpose of the trip. Following the girl’s response, the police confirmed that she had not gone for essential or emergency reasons, and filed a case against her and confiscated the car.
The girl went on to inform her parents, who immediately arrived at the scene. The mother of the girl who got out of a BMW car started swearing at the police. “You don’t know who I am! I’ll remove your police uniform,” she threatened the police. It was later revealed that this woman was a lawyer.
The woman, who did not listen to the police until the last moment, told her daughter to get in the car and left. The police are now looking for the woman after one of the policemen recorded the video and sent it to higher authorities.
Meanwhile, the traffic policeman reported the incident to the police after he was allegedly assaulted the woman and had prevented him from working. Based on that, the police are looking for the woman under 6 sections including making death threats, preventing a civil servant from working, spreading contagious disease, speaking obscenely in public and violating public order.
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