AYODHYA: The Faizabad Bar Association, in a general body meeting on Monday, decided not to represent the accused in the Ram temple donation embezzlement case. The Bar also resolved that any member who tries to plead for the accused will be fined Rs 5 lakh.At the meeting, lawyers demanded that Champat Rai, Anil Mishra, and Gopal Rao leave Ayodhya. They warned that if the trio did not leave within three days, the entire city would be blockaded and no one would be allowed to enter.This repeats the Bar’s historic stand from 2005, when Faizabad lawyers refused to defend the accused in the Ram temple terror attack case.Bar Association secretary Shailendra Jaiswal said, “The sentiments of all of us have been hurt by the theft of temple offerings. The lawyers of Faizabad have unanimously agreed not to plead on behalf of the arrested accused.”He added that the decision was taken by the Bar president and the general body, and further strategy would be decided accordingly.
