Jammu and Kashmir police today foiled a protest march by government employees here in support of their demands including regularisation of daily-wage and casual workers.
Hundreds of employees of Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department assembled in the commercial hub of Lal Chowk and tried to march towards Divisional Commissioner's office, but were stopped by police, who asked them to disperse, official sources said.
The employees insisted on going ahead with the protest, following which police used batons to disperse them, sources said.
Three protesters were injured while dozens others, including some of their leaders, were taken into preventive custody.
The protest call was given by Kashmir PHE Joint Employees Association in support of its demand for regularisation of daily wage workers, casual labourers and need-based workers.
They also demanded their pending salaries be released and paid regularly.
The employees threatened to launch massive protests from April 25 if their demands are not met by then.
