Shimla, July 27 -- Police have booked over 50 people for wrongful restrain, unlawful assembly and rioting after the revenue minister Jagat Singh Negi had to face not just black flags but shoes were hurled at his vehicle and 'go back' slogans were raised by protesters who even tried to stop his vehicle in Seraj assembly constituency in Himachal's Mandi district on Friday during his visit to the disaster hit areas.

As many as 15 people died while search is still on for 34 missing as cloudburst, flash floods and landslides wreaked havoc in Seraj, Nachan, Dharampur and Karsog assembly constituencies of Mandi districts on the intervening night of June 30 and July 1, Seraj was the most affected. Negi is on a three-day visit to devastation-hit ...