Mohali, July 3 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and other Akali leaders were on Wednesday taken into preventive custody in Mohali while attempting to march to the district court complex to express solidarity with party leader Bikram Singh Majithia, who was arrested last month in a disproportionate assets case.

The Akali leaders, detained for close to three hours, were released after Majithia's court hearing concluded.

Tensions rose when Sukhbir arrived at Gurdwara Amb Sahib to address party supporters. His convoy was intercepted by superintendent of police (SP) Manpreet Singh and his team, who denied him entry, citing emergency orders from senior officials.

Sukhbir, along with party leaders Sikander Singh Maluka a...