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Chandigarh Bar Association shuts after NIA raids local lawyer Shaily Sharma

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Chandigarh Bar Association shuts after NIA raids local lawyer Shaily Sharma
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Chandigarh, October 18: The Chandigarh Bar Association shut down on Tuesday after the NIA raided the house of a Chandigarh-based lawyer, Shaily Sharma, saying they can't operate if lawyers are raided like this. According to the Association, they are defence lawyers and will be unable to speak with clients or take up cases if the raids are carried out in this manner. They also stated that they have had discussions with the Punjab and Haryana High Court and will also be taking a decision on the matter. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) raided the house of Shaily Sharma, a lawyer in Chandigarh, earlier this morning. The raids at her house lasted three hours after they began at 6 a.m. Also Read | Jayalalithaa death case: Panel holds Sasikala guilty, calls for probe In response to the raids on her house, Shaily said that she was targeted because she had a number of high-profile cases. "I have many high-profile cases with me. It includes cases like Sidhu Moosewala, Nabha jailbreak and the RPG case. They were asking me why such high-profile cases were with me only. I told them, because I am a defence lawyer and they get good results from me, that's why I have so many high profile cases," she informed. On Tuesday, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches across Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and the Delhi-NCR region to dismantle and disrupt an emerging nexus between terrorists, gangsters, drug smugglers, and traffickers based in India and abroad. Also Read | Drug menace in Punjab: Two siblings in their 20s die due to overdose in Amritsar -PTC News
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