Bhopal:
Thousands of Congress workers who were protesting in Bhopal were lathicharged by the police today as they tried to gherao or surround Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's office.
The workers, led by Congress' Jyotiraditya Scindia, had gathered there to protest against the coal allocation scam and the increase in the crime rate in the state.
As they tried to proceed towards the Chief Minister's office, the police used water cannons and also lathicharged them to bring the situation under control.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is currently out of the country on an official tour.