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NEW DELHI: One of the lawyers who allegedly hit Kanhaiya Kumar at Patiala House courts while he was being produced for hearing proudly owned up to the act later. In a brief conversation with TOI, even as he loitered around outside the gates of the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Lovleen, advocate Surinder Singh Tyagi claimed “I did my fundamental duty . He had to be taught a lesson“.An unrepentant Tyagi added: “This is not anti-national JNU , this is a court.''Tyagi also boasted that despite Kanhaiya identifying him in court as one of the attackers, he managed to walk free “because of my old connections“. Asked why he attacked the JNU student, Tyagi reacted angrily , saying he would do it again if given a chance.“In the heart of India, sitting here in the national capital, how can we allow someone to plunge a knife into Mother India? Anti-nationals like Kanhaiya must be taught a lesson immediately so that others dare not commit treason.“He went on, “From the time he entered Patiala House court from Gate number 6 till he pleaded for protection in court, shaking like a coward, I made sure this fellow won't ever forget this moment. My fellow lawyers and I had enough time to teach him a lesson,“ Tyagi said. He was accompanied by several other advocates who nodded their heads vigorously in agreement. Tyagi said he was waiting for Kumar to come out of the court so that he could “enjoy the fear in his eyes“. He told TOI that journalists should do their fundamental duty and teach a lesson to traitors. Willing to be clicked, he said, “Photo leejiye meri. apni duty nibhayi hai maine (take my photos, I have done my duty .“However, a group of lawyers rushed to a TOI reporter and threatened to snatch the mobile phone from which Tyagi's photo was taken. This group of lawyers was then involved in a heated argument with Tyagi and his associates, but an officebearer of the Delhi bar Association resolved the issue. Later, all of them were heard raising slogans of “Vakil ekta Zindabad“ and “Bharat mata ki Jai.“