Navjot Singh Sidhu, Punjab cabinet ministers detained at UP border enroute to Lakhimpur Kheri

Navjot Singh Sidhu took out a march to visit Lakhimpur Kheri in the wake of the reported violence which killed eight people. 

New Delhi: Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and some Punjab Cabinet ministers and others were detained on Thursday at the Haryana-Uttar Pradesh border in Saharanpur as they were enroute to Lakhimpur Kheri. Sidhu threatened to go on hunger strike if action is not taken against the minister's son by Friday.

They were staging a sit-in protest at the border demanding the arrest of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra`s son Ashish Mishra in connection with the death of farmers during the violence that erupted during farmers' protests on Sunday (October 3) which lead to the death of eight people.