India, March 20 -- A day after he was detained, Punjab Police shifted fasting farm union leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal to the PWD rest house in Jalandhar cantonment on Thursday morning.

After he was detained along with Kisan Mazdoor Morcha leader Sarvan Singh Pandher following the meeting with Union ministers in Chandigarh on Wednesday evening, Dallewal was brought to Jalandhar's Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) at 1.35am 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 is on an indefinite fast since November 26 last year, is under the observation of the team of PIMS doctors.

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