Amritsar, Jan. 20 -- Farmers affiliated with the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) and other groups under the banner of the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) on Monday burnt effigies of chief minister Bhagwant Mann in Amritsar and several other parts of Punjab to protest the arrest of farmer leaders, including Sarwan Singh Pandher. The protesting farmers also warned of sit-in demonstrations outside the offices of senior superintendents of police (SSPs) in Amritsar and Sangrur from January 20.

The protesters condemned the state government for what they described as "illegal and undemocratic" arrests of farmer leaders and workers, as well as for the baton charge on farmers and labourers after the conclusion of a protest in Sangrur district...