The probe into complaints about the assault on an advocate and those registered against advocates has been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Chandragupta, IGP, Western Range, said in Chikkamagaluru on Sunday.
The Chikkamagaluru Town police on Saturday registered four cases against advocates, based on complaints by police officials —Sathish, Ravi C.H., Keshavamurthy, and Guru Prasad A.S.
The cases were registered following a protest by police officials in Chikkamagaluru on Saturday night. Besides, Preetham, advocate, had filed a complaint on November 30 alleging that he was assaulted by six police officials.