India, March 27 -- Tension ran high at Lower PMG in Bhubaneswar today as police resorted to lathi-charge on Odisha Congress workers as they pelted stones and chairs at the cops.

The incident took place when the Congress workers broke barricades erected by the police and tried to head towards the Odisha Assembly. The party carried out a protest rally in the city to gherao the Assembly over the issue of safety of women in the state.

Amid pelting of stones and baton charge, several Congress workers and policemen reportedly sustained injuries.

As the protest by the Congress workers intensified, police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse the protesters.

Odisha Congress chief Bhakta Das and party's senior leader Mohammed Moquim wer...