Korba, Oct 23 (PTI) A farmers' organisation on Thursday accused the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) of lathi-charging a group of displaced persons protesting against the South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) in Korba district of Chhattisgarh.

The sECL, on the other hand, claimed that some people entered a prohibited area of its mine at Gevra, and tried to disrupt coal production.

Chhattisgarh Kisan Sabha state joint secretary Prashant Jha alleged that CISF personnel lathi-charged the displaced people while they were peacefully protesting at SECL's Gevra mine, demanding employment, rehabilitation and compensation.

Several people including Kisan Sabha district secretary Deepak Sahu and other office-bearers were injured, he claimed.

The protest was being carried out in a peacef

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