lathi

At last I pluck up courage to enquire of the guards—it needs courage, for they are in uniform, and have lathis strapped to their wrists.

Police armed with wooden lathi sticks lashed ruthlessly out at some of the workers, who moved over the border in a giant human crush.

“The police beat us a lot, they did a lathi charge inside the library,” said law student Mohammad Anas, using the Hindi word for a baton.

At the river, police with lathi sticks herded masses across pontoon bridges.

After barricading herself in a storeroom, she was rescued by police wielding bamboo lathis, or sticks.