Jammu Tawi, April 18 -- An FIR has been registered against Congress candidate Choudhary Lal Singh under various sections of the IPC for alleged misbehavior with a police party in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district two days ago, an official said on Thursday.

The FIR against Singh was registered at Kathua police station on Tuesday following a written complaint by Sub-Inspector Swarn Singh Manhas, in-charge police post Industrial Estate Kathua, the official said.

He said that four sections of IPC, including section 353 (obstructing the duty of a public servant by assault or use of criminal force), section 500 (punishment for defamation), section 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and section 506 (punishmen...