Mobilisation of protestors increased at the Khanauri border on Wednesday. Several hundred farmers from Haryana joined the protest to support the agitating farmers from Punjab.
Punjab Police on Saturday detained politicians, farmer union leaders and YouTubers who were on their way to Sangrur to hold a dharna, demanding the release of social media influencer Bhana Sidhu.
According to sources, family members of three farmers were rounded up but no arrests have been made in the case yet. Notably, all the nine accused farmers are absconding.
Scores of farmers under the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (non-political) and the Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta-Sidhupur) blocked roads in Bathinda and Mansa districts over non-fulfillment of their pending demands.