Police today made a 'mild' lathicharge to disperse some villagers who staged a road roko at Kathiramangalam near here protesting alleged excavation works by energy major ONGC. Police said the villagers had earlier claimed there was a leak in an ONGC pipeline and had blocked the Kumbakonam main road. Later, police said, they resorted to road roko following which a mild lathicharge was made to disperse them. ONGC officials were not immediately available for comment. (This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Source: dna June 30, 2017 15:11 UTC