India, Oct. 23 -- At least four women were injured after a clash broke out between police personnel and protesters on Friday over the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project in Arunachal Pradesh, prompting security forces to fire tear gas shells to disperse the mob, officials said.

The incident occurred at Dite-Dime near Geku in Siang district when around 150-200 agitators, carrying machetes, lathis and slingshots, tried to vandalise police vehicles and breach barricades and hurled stones at security personnel during a 12-hour bandh called against the proposed 11,200 MW power project, they said.

Siang Superintendent of Police Kamdam Sikhom said, "Around 150 to 200 protesters from Geku and Komkar areas in Upper Siang district gathered at Dite-D...