Amritsar, March 23 -- Three farmers and an assistant commissioner of police (ACP) were injured in minor clash during a protest near Ram Tirath in Amritsar on Sunday. Farmers in large numbers, on the call of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC), were marching towards the deputy commissioner's office in support of their demands when police stopped them near Ram Tirath.

The roads were blocked as cops had stationed tippers and installed barbed wires to stop the protesters. As farmers moved ahead, cops resorted to lathicharge, resulting in injuries to the protesters. ACP Shivdarshan Singh too sustained a minor injury, said ADCP Harpal Singh.

KMSC leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said, "During the baton-charge, three farmers were injured. ...