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Rakesh Tikait detained amid intensifying farmer protests
ALIGARH [Maha Media]: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait was detained by the Aligarh Police on Wednesday while on his way to Greater Noida to participate in a meeting of farmer leaders, a police official said.
The Bharatiya Kisan Union's influential spokesperson and his associates were taken to the Tappal police station in a bus after they were stopped from proceeding on the Yamuna Expressway.
When contacted, an official spokesman of the Aligarh Police confirmed that Tikait had been "detained" but "not arrested".
Tikait criticized the police's actions, accusing them of hindering farmers' movements and voicing a potential escalation of protests if the situation persists.
The protest, centered around land compensation issues, saw hundreds of villagers gathering in Greater Noida, demanding their due from local authorities. Notably, earlier police operations resulted in the arrest and subsequent release of more than a hundred protestors, as tensions continue to simmer.
