Chandigarh, March 22 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) on Friday evening sought a report from the Punjab government on a plea alleging that farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal had been detained illegally.

Filed by Bharti Kisan Union's (Doaba) vice president Gurmukh Singh who is also a part of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (non political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM), the petition sought urgent hearing and was taken up in the evening by the bench of justice Manisha Batra post court working hours.

"The court has issued a notice of motion on the petition and directed the state to present a status report on Monday," his lawyer Angrej Singh said after the hearing. The petition claims unlawful detention of Dallewal. It seeks his rele...