Date:13/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/13/stories/2008101355260300.htm

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Policemen injured by protestors, resort to lathicharge

Rampur: Police resorted to lathicharge after four of them were injured when a group of people, who were protesting against a student’s death in a road accident near Dhamora township here, pelted stones at them.

“A group of people blocked NH 24 following the death of Seva Ram, a class IX student in a road accident on Saturday,” SSP Veer Bahadur Singh said.

“Though the police persuaded them to withdraw the blockade they relented and pelted stones at them in which four policemen were injured, prompting the men in uniform to resort to a lathicharge, SSP Singh said adding that cases against 45 persons have been registered for rioting and creating public disturbances.

Due to the blockade, a jam could be seen up to 10 km on the National Highway.

--PTI