12 injured in lathicharge

Ghaziabad, August 28: At least 12 people were injured when police used canes to disperse fans protesting after filmstar Salman Khan did not turn up for a scheduled prograame at a mall here.

A large number of people had gathered at the Shopprix mall where the bollywood actor and his brother Suhail Khan were due to inaugurate a jewellery shop yesterday.

But the fans got infuriated when only Suhail came for the function and started protesting against the organisers following which police cane charged the gathering.

In the melee atleast 12 persons suffered injuries, eyewitnesses said. However, no police officials spoke on the matter.

–PTI