Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Wednesday came to the defence of the police before the Delhi High Court over their role in handling the violence in northeast Delhi, saying the policemen were not having picnic but facing acid attacks.
Mehta's submission came before a bench of justices S Muralidhar and Talwant Singh during the hearing of a plea seeking lodging of FIRs and arrests of people involved in the violence.
When senior advocate Colin Gonsalves, representing activists Harsh Mander and Farah Naqvi, said the police must protect law without any fear or pressure and should not allow any damage to public property, Mehta shot back, "Police are not having picnic, they are facing acid attacks."
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