56 farmers taken into preventive custody by police in Kurukshetra

They protested against participation of Dhankar in training programme

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. The police took 56 farmers into preventive custody in this connection, but later let them off.