Shimla: Five Congress activists sustained injuries while burning an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in front of the deputy commissioner's office here as part of a statewide protest over the National Herald issue.

Five persons were injured, one of them critically, while burning the effigy. The critically injured was rushed to the hospital.

The protest in Himachal Pradesh capital Shimla was led by state Congress president Sukhvinder Singh Sukkhu and senior party leaders and ministers.