India, March 20 -- Tension between farmers and police escalated in Sangrur, the home district of Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann, on Thursday when activists of the Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Azad) were forcibly taken away in buses to prevent them from protesting outside the deputy commissioner's office.

Deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Sukhdev Singh said 250 police personnel were deployed to manage the situation at the protest site. Nine buses were stationed to take away the protesters to police stations across the district, including those in Cheema, Longowal, Dirba, and Sangrur.

Among those detained were Jaswinder Singh Longowal, the state president of BKU (Ekta-Azad).

The police action followed the detention of Samyukt Kisan ...