Farmer leader Shiv Kumar Sharma alias Kakkaji arrested in Madhya Pradesh

Police detain Congress Party supporters after they tried to block the national highway during a protest against Mandsaur violence in Ahmedabad on Friday.

 Shiv Kumar Sharma alias ‘Kakkaji’ was arrested along with seven aides on Friday afternoon while trying to block NH-12 at Bhopal’s Misrod area in Madhya Pradesh.

Sharma, who had spearheaded the recent farmers’ stir in MP, said, “Arresting us is not going to stop suicides in the state. The government will have to seriously work for it by accepting farmers’ demands, including waiver of loans.”