Advocate detained at Chennai airport on charges of assaulting IPS officer

 An advocate of the Madras High Court was detained at the Chennai airport on charges of assaulting a Delhi based IPS officer, airport sources said today.

The IPS official Ghulshan Kumar questioned the advocate Riyaz Ahmed Ghani when he tried to jump a queue in the checking area which ended in altercation and scuffle between them last night, the sources said.

Both of them had booked tickets to Delhi in an Air India flight.Following a complaint from Kumar, Ghani was detained for questioning.

However, Kumar was allowed to fly, the sources said.Protesting against the detention of Ghani, some advocates held a dharna in front of the airport police station last night.