Barnala, March 5 -- Eight farmer leaders from Barnala district were detained and sent to jail for a week under Section 51 (a person arrested without a warrant) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). The farmers had gathered outside the SDM's court and were raising slogans against the government for detaining their leaders to disrupt their March 5 protest in Chandigarh.

Barnala sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Gurveer Singh Kohli said: "The arrested farmers were sent to jail for a week because the necessary paperwork for their bail had not been completed. Once the legal process for their bail is complete, they would be released."

Among the arrested are BKU (Kadiana) district president Jagseer Singh Cheeniwal, Gurnaam Singh Thekriwala, ...