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Yatra stumbling block held

A day after asking the BJP to steer the Bharat Uday Yatra out of Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar president Simranjit Singh Mann8217;s way, p...

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A day after asking the BJP to steer the Bharat Uday Yatra out of Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar president Simranjit Singh Mann8217;s way, police on Wednesday arrested Mann after he delivered a fiery speech against DPM L.K. Advani at Dirba. Elsewhere, 67 activists were rounded up in Mohali, Fatehgarh Sahib, Phagwara, Sangrur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Amritsar. SSP G.S. Dhillon said Mann was taken into custody under Sec 107/151 CrPC on apprehensions of breach of peace. He has been remanded to judicial custody till March 26.

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