Following directives of All India Congress Committee (AICC), Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CGPCC) office-bearers and workers staged a protest before State office of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here demanding reinstating the CBI Director Alok Verma in national capital who was sent on long leave.
The activists of party led by former Union Minister Charandas Mahant and former Minister Satyanarayan Sharma also staged sit-in and when the district administration denied permission for protest, the senior leaders while lodging a token protest returned .
The district administration had denied permission citing the reason that Section 144 was imposed in the state.
Later Youth Congress activists led by their Working Presidents Koko Padhi and Mahendra Gangotri staged a gherao of the CBI office and were court arrested by the police.