Police use water cannon against NSUI members protesting over Chandigarh mayoral polls 'rigging'

Police on Wednesday used a water cannon and resorted to lathi-charge to disperse members of the Congress' student wing NSUI marching towards the BJP office to protest against the alleged rigging of the recent Chandigarh mayoral polls. Led by National Students' Union of India (NSUI) Chandigarh president Sachin Galav, the protesters raised slogans against the BJP and demanded that Presiding Officer Anil Masih be arrested for allegedly tampering with the ballot papers during the January 30 mayoral elections.