Jalandhar, March 21 -- A day after being detained, Punjab Police shifted fasting farm union leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, 71, to the PWD rest house in Jalandhar cantonment on Thursday morning.

Dallewal was detained along with Kisan Mazdoor Morcha leader Sarwan Singh Pandher following the meeting with Union ministers in Chandigarh on Wednesday evening. The veteran farm leader was brought to Jalandhar's Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) at 1:35 am in an ambulance amid tight security.

A team of doctors carried out a medical examination before shifting him to the PWD rest house.

Deputy commissioner Himanshu Aggarwal said: "Dallewal, who has been on an indefinite fast since November 26 last year, is under the observation of the te...