Chandigarh/Patiala, May 4 -- A day after the clear-cut directions from the Union home secretary, Punjab hasn't removed the cops deployed at the Nangal Dam.

The security detail of Punjab Police was deployed after chief minister Bhagwant Mann's May 1 visit amid an escalating water war between Punjab and Haryana, with minister Harjot Singh Bains claiming to have locked a room at the Nangal dam from where water supply is regulated.

Punjab Police, on Saturday, claimed that only essential police cops were deployed at the dam.

Ropar Range DIG, HS Bhullar, when asked about the objection raised by the ministry of home affairs, said, "Currently, only required police force, which was deployed before the incident, is deployed at the Nangal Dam. Th...