Karnal, Feb. 24 -- A group of farmers began their three-day mahapadav (grand protest) outside chief minister Nayab Singh Saini's residence in Kurukshetra on Monday, demanding a rollback of the "anti-farmer" trade deal with the US and a CBI probe into the multi-crore paddy scam in the state.

As farmers from various factions under Haryana Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Morcha reached from Karnal, Kurukshetra, Ambala, Yamunanagar, Kaithal, they were stopped a few meters away from the CM's high-security residence in Sector 3.

Officials said that deputy commissioner Vishram Kumar Meena implemented Section 163 of the BNSS from February 23 to 25 to maintain law and order in the city, stopping the protesters from marching.

Meena said that the prohibi...