Police use water canons on protesting lawyers in Chandigarh
March 06, 2013  14:58
In another instance of police brutality, water cannons were used against lawyers of Punjab and Haryana High Court today as the advocates tried to break barricades while protesting the registration of case against some of their fellow members for allegedly manhandling a cop recently.

The members of Punjab and Haryana high court bar association assembled in Chandigarh at the court premises and marched toward UT administrator and Punjab governor Shivraj V Patil's official residence, police said.

They were stopped near Rock garden by police, but after convincing the police that they will peacefully submit a memorandum to the Governor, they were allowed to move ahead.

As they reached the residence of the Governor, some of the advocates broke the barricades and demanded to go inside, when police resorted to the use of water cannons against them, following which the advocates dispersed from the spot.
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