Police lathicharge on protesters

Gulbarga, Dec 2 (UNI) Police today resorted to lathicharge to disperse a group of youth who were protesting against the desecration of Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar's statue in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh recently.

Police said more than 200 youths took out a procession in protest against the the desecration of Ambedkar's statue in Kanpur which had evoked large scale violence in the neighbouring Maharashtra, and started throwing stones on shops and passing vehicles.

The processionists also tried to force commercial establishments including hotels to down their shutters. To quell the agitating mob, the police resorted to lathicharge to disburse the mob. Police also took some of the activists into custody in connection with the incident.

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