Farmers have blocked the national highway at the interstate border near Shambhu since February 13 to protest over their demands, including a legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) by the Centre.

As the protesters were moving to block the railway track, the police tried to stop them, leading to a clash between them. After breaking the barricades, they sat on the track.

Farmers are also demanding the release of three arrested farmers.

A day earlier, Jai Singh, father of arrested Navdeep Jalbera, had asked people to reach in large numbers to block the railway track to put pressure on the government to release the "illegally detained innocent farmer youth". Had called for.

Shambhu is the gateway from the national capital to Punjab via Haryana.