The Ernakulam Central police on Thursday registered a case against a few lawyers on charges of abusing and harassing a woman journalist.

According to the police, cases have been registered against Advocate Navas and a group of others under IPC Section 354 (A), 294 (B) and 506 (1). The case follows a complaint filed by Manju Kuttikrishnan, a reporter with Malayalam daily Deshabhimani .

The case pertained to a section of lawyers on Wednesday forcing journalists to leave the Ernakulam District Principal and Sessions court room where they had come to cover the murder case trial of a Dalit woman at Perumbavoor.