Punjab farmers set off for Delhi, face teargas at Punjab-Haryana border

Chandigarh: The Haryana Police hurled tear gas shells at farmers who tried to break barricades set up at the state's border with Punjab at Shambhu near Ambala as farmers demanding a law on minimum support price marched toward Delhi.

A few farmers were detained as well near the Shambhu



border, official sources said.

The Haryana Police hurled tear gas shells when a group of youth, who were part of the farmers' 'Chalo Delhi' protest march, tried to break barricades set up at the Shambhu border in Ambala, officials said.