Chandigarh, Feb. 10 -- Members of the Chandigarh Youth Congress, led by president Deepak Lubana, staged a protest against unemployment and drug abuse on Sunday.

As they marched from Congress Bhawan in Sector 35 towards the BJP office in Sector 34, the police intervened, using lathi-charge and water cannons to disperse them. Police barricaded the area, preventing the protesters from advancing. Amid the melee, four protesters sustained minor injuries and were taken to GMSH, Sector 16, for treatment.

The protesters were led by national Youth Congress president Uday Bhanu Chhib, Congress state president HS Lucky, vice-president Gurpreet Singh, state general secretary Love Kumar and a large number of Congress workers from across the city.

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