10 wounded in SP-Cong workers clash

Kanpur, Nov 23 (UNI) At least 10 people, including an ASP, were injured in a clash between activists of the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress here today.

A large number of Congress workers had gathered to court arrest.

The SP activists reached the spot and entered in a verbal duel with the Congressmen.

It soon snowballed into a clash, in which 10 people, including an Additional Superintendent of Police and some advocates, were wounded after the rival groups resorted to stone pelting, the police said.

Irked over the incident, Congress workers blocked the road near Bada Chauraha affecting the flow of traffic for some hours.

The mob could only be controlled after lathicharge.

Congress city president Mahesh Dixit slammed the state government for ''misusing power''. He alleged the police was hand-in-glove with the state govenment.

However, senior SP leader Mahtab Alam refuted the charges, saying the Cangress was unable to bear the development works done by the state government.

Meanwhile, a case was registered against the five people, while police had been deployed to avoid any fresh violence.

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