India, Nov. 3 -- Delhi Police ACP Manasvi Vashishta, who led Monday's protest by around 500 police personnel outside the force's headquarters, has been suspended, a day after the protesting officers put forward five demands, including a grievance redressal committee and an SOP to deal with confrontations involving lawyers.

The protest followed the transfer of Vashishta and Arun Kumar, the station house officer (SHO) of Shahdara police station, after lawyers called for an indefinite strike over the police handling of an assault case involving advocate Lalit Bansal.

The protest continued for over 10 hours, with a delegation meeting senior officers, including Delhi Police commissioner Anurag Kumar, twice during the day.

The dispute stems ...