India, Oct. 29 -- Delhi's district court lawyers on Wednesday called off their indefinite strike after the Delhi Police transferred an ACP and the SHO of Shahdara police station, following a two-day protest over allegations that they threatened advocates who had approached the police station to seek action in an assault case involving a fellow lawyer.

The transfer orders for ACP Manasvi Vashishtha, who was posted as sub-divisional police officer in Gandhi Nagar, and inspector Arun Kumar, the Shahdara SHO, were issued by the Delhi Police headquarters on Wednesday, according to the bar body.

The decision to end the strike followed a meeting between police representatives, Bar Council of Delhi officials and presidents and secretaries of th...