BJP workers clash with police during Jharkhand secretariat gherao programme

RANCHI: Clashes erupted between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and the police when they attempted to march towards the Jharkhand secretariat in Ranchi on Tuesday as part of their gherao programme, officials said.
Police used tear gas, water canons and lathi-charged the protestors to prevent them from marching towards the secretariat, where prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPc have been clamped, PTI quoted them as saying.

The march to the Jharkhand secretariat as part of BJP's gherao programme was organized to protest "deteriorating law and order, prevailing corruption and high rate of unemployment".