Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh): Dozens of farm leaders and protestors led by social activist Medha Patkar were stopped by the Uttar Pradesh police at the Agra-Gwalior highway and prevented from entering Delhi on their way to join the Dilli Chalo protest.
The group of 152 protestors spent the night sitting on the highway, surrounded by police officials.
“They have not shown us any section of the law or shown any order why we are being detained. We have not been provided with any food or water or any other facility,” said Ms Patkar, in a statement.
The police administration tried to talk to Medha Patkar and the farmers to send them back but they did not succeed. Medha Patkar and her convoy rested at the border at night and tried to move in the morning, then the police administration stopped them.
