Farmers seeking to attend a convention were engaged in scuffle with security personnel in different parts of Odisha on Wednesday, as the police blocked the entry of the Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS) activists to Bhubaneswar.
TheKS, a leading farmers organisation, had planned to hold a mega convention before the state Assembly but it was not allowed.
Police said they stopped the farmers at Tamando and Hansapal on the outskirts of the city besides Vani Vihar, Master Canteen and railway station within the city, and were taken into preventive custody.
They were also detained in other places such as Cuttack, Badamba and Remuna.
Commissioner of Police Satyajit Mohanty said, "The police took the farmers into preventive custody as they were secretly planning an economic blockade in the state capital."
Agriculture Minister S B Behera said, "TheKS should take benefit from the state's KALIA Scheme. It appears that they (NNKS leaders) have a hidden agenda."
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