Bhubaneswar, March 29 -- Bhubaneswar ACP Narsingh Bhola said on Thursday that during the Congress protest outside the Assembly, party supporters broke barricades, attacked police with sticks and chairs, and tried to burn a police vehicle.

Odisha Congress workers protested outside the Odisha Assembly against the suspension of 14 Congress MLAs from the House and crimes against women. Protests turned violent as police used water cannons against the protestors. In resistance, Congress workers pelted chairs at the police.

Speaking about the protest, ACP Narsingh Bhola said, "During Congress 'assembly gherao' program, their followers broke the barricades and attacked the police with sticks, chairs... 19 police personnel are injured and 4 have...