Ghaziabad, Feb. 17 -- Police on Monday registered a first information report (FIR) against five named and 150 unidentified people, including 50 women, over alleged stone-pelting during a protest over new solid waste management plant in Ghaziabad's Loni.

The FIR was registered following a complaint by Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) officials late Sunday. The complaint alleges that the suspects, armed with rods and sticks, broke the lock of the upcoming plant in Loni's Mirpur Hindu village and allegedly injured policemen who tried to stop them, said police officials.

"The farmers have been protesting the new solid waste processing plant, and they staged a protest at the site on Sunday. Police had to use a lathi-charge against certa...