Goa, March 20 -- Police operations that included tearing down temporary structures, confiscating cars, and arresting important farmer leaders cleared the locations that had been blocked because of the farmers' agitation. Farmers who had been camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri border posts for more than a year were forcibly removed by Punjab Police on Wednesday. Police operations that included tearing down temporary structures, confiscating cars, and arresting important farmer leaders cleared the locations that had been blocked because of the farmers' agitation.

Police sources claim that prior to the operation, a significant security force deployment was in place. While returning from a meeting with a government team in Chandigarh, which...