Indian police officer with a lathi stick.

The lathi (in hindi: लाठी (वस्तु)) is a bamboo stick used by the police in India. It has been used since the Mughal empire,[1] though its use against protesters during the British raj and since is what the lathi is commonly associated with today.[2]

The lathi can measure from 60 cm to more than a meter in length. One end can, at times, have a metal point. Lathis are the most commonly used crowd control weapon in India.

References

  1. ↑ Shahane, Girish (2020-06-11). "Opinion | Is the lathi a colonial invention?". mint. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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