Neemuch (MP), June 13 (PTI): Quota stir leader Hardik Patel was arrested on Tuesday in Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh when he was heading to Mandsaur to meet the kin of the farmers killed in police firing last week. Patel was arrested from Nayagaon in Neemuch to prevent the commission of cognisable offences, City Superintendent of Police Abhishek Diwan said. The two were, however, released on bail later and transported out of Madhya Pradesh in police vehicles, Diwan said. Subsequently, the farmers' protest witnessed bandh and arson as the agitation spread to other districts of western Madhya Pradesh including Neemuch, Dhar, Ratlam and Jhabua. Before ending the fast, he had assured people that those involved in the deaths of farmers in Mandsaur would be punished severely.

Source: The Telegraph June 13, 2017 06:33 UTC