New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- The Delhi Police informed the Delhi High Court on Tuesday that it is investigating the cross FIRs filed by the parties involved in a brawl during a recent hearing at Tis Hazari courts, and that the probe is likely to conclude within six weeks.

The brawl broke out around 10.15am on February 7 during a hearing on a discharge application in a 2011 rape case before the court of additional district judge Harjit Singh Pal. According to the trial court's order, an unidentified person allegedly slapped the accused's counsel, advocate Vikas Kumar, triggering the ruckus. The accused's daughter claimed she was manhandled and injured, while the complainant's counsel alleged that he was abused and threatened, and that his shirt ...