Patiala, March 24 -- Senior farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been in police detention since March 19, was shifted to a private hospital in Patiala on Sunday morning. He was brought to the hospital under tight security from Jalandhar, where he had been held at a PWD guest house in the army cantonment area.

Before his transfer to Jalandhar, Dallewal was kept at the Commando Training Centre in Patiala. Although the Punjab government officials remained tight-lipped about the reasons behind shifting him to private hospital, sources in the health department confirmed that he is under medical observation.

The decision to move Dallewal back to Patiala, the epicentre of the year-long farmers' protest at the Shambhu and Khanauri borde...