KMSC blocks highway, protests farmer’s arrest

Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, April 8

The Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC), Punjab, blocked the national highway on Thursday after lifting the dharna they were holding for four consecutive days in front of the Sarhali police station.

The organisation warned the administration that the dharna would continue till Resham Singh of Shakri village, who was arrested under the Excise Act in a false case, was not released.

Ajit Singh Chamba, zone president, and Satnam Singh Manochahal, district leader of the organisation, were among others who addressed the workers of the organisation and warned the administration to avoid appeasing its political bosses at the cost of innocent people.

The leaders said the Sarhali police and the Excise Department claimed to recover a huge quantity of lahan and illicit liquor from 17 different locations in Shakari village on April 3 in a joint search operation.

The leaders alleged that the

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