56 farmers taken into preventive custody by police in Kurukshetra
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56 farmers taken into preventive custody by police in Kurukshetra
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As many as 56 farmers were taken into preventive custody at Kurukshetra here on Friday after they staged demonstration against the visit of State Bharatiya Janata Party president Om Prakash Dhankar to participate in a party’s programme. The farmers were later let off, said the police. A large number of farmers, owing allegiance to BKU (Chaduni), gathered outside Ambedkar Bhawan in Sector 4 around 3 p.m. to protest against the participation of Mr. Dhankar in a training programme in the city for the party workers of Shahbad Assembly constituency. The protesters tried to block his way to prevent him from leaving the venue, but he was escorted to safety by the police.
Publisher
The Hindu
Date
2021-04-17
Coverage
GURUGRAM