Imphal, 23 August 2016 ( Evening News ) : At least two persons were injured when police fired tear gas shells during a protest rally taken pot by candidates of police constables. A meeting and rally were today organised by the candidates whose DPC for recruitment to the posts of police constable 2013 was cancelled by the govt. They were protesting against the govt's decision to cancel the recruitment process. The meeting was held at Singjamei Top Leikai community Hall. The meeting resolved to file a case in the Supreme Court against the cancellation of DPC. After the meeting a large number of candidates took out the protest rally at Singjamei Super Market  on Indo-Burma Road. The rally was intercepted by a large number police at Singjamei Chingngamakha Traffic island. The angry candidates pelted stones at police and in retaliation police fired tear gas shells and smoke bombs to control the situation.  During the commotion 2 candidates were injured and rushed to Advanced Hospital in Palace Compound. The injured persons are identified as N. Johnson from Naharup Pang-gong and T. Sobachandra from Thoubal Thokchom Village. N. Johnson is said to be in critical condition.  All the shops at Singjemei Super Market and Singjamei Bzar remained closed after the incident.