Police resort to lathi-charge on PDP workers in Jammu

Police today resorted to lathi-charge and used of water cannons to disperse PDP workers trying to block the National Highway during an anti-government agitation here today.
Over 1,200 PDP workers today took out a rally from the party headquarters in Gandhi Nagar, in protest against the government's "total failure" on all fronts, particularly multiple scams in the Omar Abdullah-led dispensation.
Raising anti-government slogans, PDP workers marched to the Jammu-Pathankote National Highway and tried to block it.
Police tried to disperse the protesters to remove the blockade, leading to a clash.
Police used water cannons and resorted to a mild lathi-charge to clear the highway of the protesters.

PDP leaders claimed that four supporters were injured in the lathi-charge, which police denied.
According to reports from other districts in the Jammu division, PDP had observed protest demonstrations in all the district headquarters.