Police cane-charge protesting J

Srinagar, June 26 (UNI) Police today used baton-charge to disperse hundreds of employees protesting against the Jammu and Kashmir government's ''inaction in resolving their genuine problems''.

Dozens of protesting employees were later arrested and taken to the Shaheed Ganj Police Station here.

About 200-300 employees, under the banner of Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC), gathered at the Civil Secretariat here early this morning.

They started shouting slogans and criticised the state government for not meeting their long-pending demands.

The protesters claimed the state government had failed to solve the genuine demands of the daily wagers and the permanent employees.

''Even Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has not kept his promise of resolving our problems,'' they shouted.

Police later arrested some of the slogan-shouting employees and took them to the Shaheed Ganj Police Station.

This prompted their colleagues to stage even more noisy protests, forcing the police to use baton-charge against them.

The employees will stage a protest rally here tomorrow.

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