India, March 20 -- Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who was taken to PIMS Jalandhar late at night, was moved to a PWD guest house in the high-security Jalandhar Cantonment area on Thursday morning as Haryana and Punjab police began evicting protesting farmers from the Shambhu and Khanauri border points, which had remained blocked for over a year.

Dallewal was detained on Wednesday evening and initially taken to the Commando Training Centre in Patiala before being moved to PIMS Hospital in Jalandhar. Sources told Hindustan Times that he was relocated around 1.30am. Earlier, he had been detained in Mohali before being transferred to Patiala.

On Wednesday, Punjab Police detained several farmer leaders, including Jagjit Singh Dallewal a...