06-05-2011, 08:42 AM
Atrocity by Indian Government against peaceful protest
[url="http://in.news.yahoo.com/midnight-police-swoop-baba-ramdev-detention-ends-protest-000000434.html"]Midnight police swoop on Baba Ramdev, detention ends protest[/url]
[url="http://in.news.yahoo.com/midnight-police-swoop-baba-ramdev-detention-ends-protest-000000434.html"]Midnight police swoop on Baba Ramdev, detention ends protest[/url]
Quote:New Delhi, Jun 5 (PTI) With talks breaking down, police swooped down on Baba Ramdev a little past midnight and detained him after firing tear gas shells and resorting to lathicharge on his supporters to end his day-old indefinite hunger strike on black money issue.
The dramatic police action came after government and the 46-year-old Yoga Guru had accused each other the previous night of betrayal on mutual assurances.
The drama that broke the midnight calm in the Ramlila Maidan a little after 1 AM unfolded when a large number of police personnel descended at the protest venue where Ramdev was demanding immediate action to bring back black money stashed in foreign tax havens.
After day break, police cleared all the remnants of Baba''s support by evicting his followers from the protest site amidst stiff resistance.
Delhi Police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said Baba Ramdev was detained as he was leaving the site.