Protesting against reported cancellation of the service contract of about 500 junior linemen by BSEB authorities, the junior linemen pelted stones, injuring the two jawans and some employees, whose numbers have not been ascertained, police said.
The BMP jawans used lathis but as the situation deteriorated, police fired a couple of rounds in the air to disperse the protesters, Patna SP Kim said.
BSEB spokesman H Pandey said that the junior linemen had earlier held talks with officials over the reported scrapping of contracts of 500 of their colleagues and were told that the senior management had withdrawn the decision on June 22.
