Bhubaneswar, March 27 -- Police resorted to lathicharge, burst teargas shells and sprayed water to disperse violent Congress activists, who broke barricades while marching toward the Odisha Assembly in protest against the rising crimes against women. Mahatma Gandhi Marg, the venue of the Congress demonstration, virtually turned into a battleground as Congress activists pelted stones and threw chairs at the police in their attempt to proceed to the State Assembly. Several Congress activists and police personnel were injured in the clash. As the situation went out of control, the police, which had initially resorted to lathicharge, later burst teargas shells to disperse the Congress activists. Congress President Bhakta Charan Das condemned th...