Amritsar, Jan. 21 -- Sarwan Singh Pandher and other farmer leaders of the organisations working under the banner of the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) were released by the Punjab Punjab on Tuesday following which the farmers' withdrew their plan to protest outside the SSP offices in Amritsar and Sangrur.

They were arrested on Saturday night before chief minister Bhagwant Mann's Sunday rally in Majitha as the farmer leaders had announced that they would quiz the CM on the government's "failure" in delivering promises. A few were caught after they broke police barricades and reached close to the rally venue.

The process to release the detained farmers had begun on late Monday evening after a meeting of DIG (border range) Sandeep Goyal and SSP...