Ludhiana, Aug. 22 -- High drama was witnessed after police detained former IAS officer and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader SR Ladhar and party's district rural president Sunny Kainth on data theft charges and detained them for over four hours on Thursday. The leaders were holding outreach camps to bring schemes of central government to the beneficiaries, when police turned up there and played spoilsport.

While Ladhar was detained at police post Raghunath Enclave along with his son Gautam and his security personnel, Sunny Kainth was detained at Dugri Police Station. After the police action, the BJP leaders-led by district president (urban) Rajnish Dhiman-staged a protest. They announced that the protest will be continued till the rele...