Khanauri/Ambala, March 20 -- Hours after talks between farmers and central delegation in Chandigarh, Punjab Police on Wednesday cleared a 13-month blockade at Shambhu and Khanauri borders by removing the protesters from the site and detaining several SKM (Non-Political) leaders, including Sarwan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dallewal.

The protests sites were cleared without any major untoward incident, barring minor scuffles between the cops and farmers. Police also removed temporary structures erected by farmers at the protest sites. At most of the places, farmers voluntarily sat in the buses that were deployed by the Punjab government to ferry them, officials said.

The action came after Punjab representatives, who were at the meeting...