Raipur, July 23 -- The Chhattisgarh police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) against 12 Congress leaders and workers following violent clashes during a Bharatiya Janata Party-led demonstration near the Congress state headquarters, Rajiv Bhavan, on Wednesday, police said.

The FIR accuses state Congress functionaries of hurling stones, glass bottles, wooden sticks, shoes and other objects at police personnel during the protest.

The violence took place when Congress workers confronted the BJP, which picketed the state party headquarters, a tit-for-tat protest following Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's demonstration near Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence in New Delhi.

The Congress alleged that the violence was a "premed...