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    Yogendra, activists held outside Mandsaur

    Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav and social activists Medha Patkar and Swami Agnivesh were on Sunday arrested in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district after they tried to enter neighbouring Mandsaur to meet the families of the five persons killed in police firing during the farmers’ stir.

    Yogendra, activists held outside Mandsaur
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    Yogendra Yadav, Medha Patkar and Swami Agnivesh were released today after being arrested in Mandsaur

    Mandsaur

    The activists, around 30 in number, were stopped by the police at the Dhodhar toll plaza in Ratlam district's Jaora town. 

    The police told them that their visit could disturb peace in Mandsaur, from where curfew was lifted on Saturday. Prohibitory orders under CrPc Section 144 are in place in the district. 

    After being stopped, the activists, including JNU students union President Mohit Kumar Pandey and representatives from various farmer outfits across the country, sat on protest on the Mhow-Neemuch Highway, disrupting traffic movement. 

    The activists raised slogans against the Madhya Pradesh government and in support of farmers for about an hour.

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