India, March 20 -- A group of farm union activists clashed with the police on Thursday when they were prevented from marching towards the Moga deputy commissioner's office to protest against the detention of farmer leaders in Mohali on Wednesday.

Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Sidhupur) activists raised slogans against the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab and demanded the immediate release of Samyukt Kisan Union (Non-Political) leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha chief Sarvan Singh Pandher.

Women activists also bore the brunt of the police action in Moga when they tried to march to gherao the DC office complex.

In a similar incident, a group from the Sidhupur faction of the BKU tried to block traffic near Gidderbaha o...