Chandigarh, March 28 -- About 1500 farmers were detained and kept in different jails across Punjab, Farmer leader Kaka Singh Kotra, released from Patiala jail, claimed on Friday.
He said that Jagjit Singh Dallewal, after the farmers were detained on March 19 minutes after their meeting with Union government as well as Punjab ministers, had not taken a drop of water and due to this the government was pressurised to release the detained farmers.
Farmer leader Abhimanyu Kohar said that 48 farmers were released from Patiala jail early this morning.
Kotra said that from 0230 hrs today, the government began to release farmer leaders also. Earlier, the government was ready to release the farmers but adamant on keeping farmer leaders in custody,...