Baba Ramdev Arrested: Drama and chaos reigned supreme at the Ramlila Ground here as teams of the Delhi Police surrounded Baba Ramdev’s satyagraha venue soon after midnight and took away the yoga guru at around 2 am on Sunday morning.
The dramatic police action came after the Centre and the 46-year-old yoga guru on Saturday night accused each other of betrayal on mutual assurances.
Tear gas shells were fired to disperse the yoga guru’s supporters, who said they were lathicharged by police as they tried to prevent cops from going near Baba Ramdev and arresting him.
Police, with the help of the CRPF and the RAF, also dismantled the stage that had been put for Ramdev’s campaign.
Section 144 has been imposed at the Ramlila Ground.
Speaking to newspersons briefly at the Ramlila Ground, Police Commissioner BK Gupta clarified that Baba Ramdev had not been arrested but had been taken to a safe place due to security concerns.
Earlier, Home Secretary GK Pillai had maintained that Ramdev was not arrested or detained.
The Delhi police crackdown came after it cancelled the permission granted to Baba Ramdev to conduct a 'yoga camp' at the Ramlila Grounds.
On Saturday night the government and Ramdev indulged in a blame game. Union Minister Kapil Sibal, who had negotiated with Ramdev in a bid to prevent him from going on fast, made public a letter written by the yoga guru’s aide disclosing that they would call off the fast on Saturday evening if the government gave written assurances on a legislation to bring back the black money from abroad and stringent punishment to offenders.
Ramdev hit back saying the government has indulged in "betrayal and cheating" and vowed not to talk to Sibal ever in his life. He said he would go by the word of the Prime Minister.
After mutual accusations, the government late Saturday night sent a fresh letter of assurance on his demands and appealed to him to withdraw his fast. But uncertainty remained over when Ramdev would end his fast.
Breaking the calm of the night, police force closed in on the Ramlila Ground soon after midnight. In the drama – enacted live in front of TV cameras – police sought to approach Ramdev, who was sleeping on the specially-erected rostrum from where he had been addressing his supporters throughout the day.
But as news spread that Ramdev may be arrested, a posse of women supporters formed a human cordon around him making the job of police difficult to approach him.
A section of supporters threw pots, tripods and mike stands on cops to prevent them from coming close to the stage.
Source: http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/NAT-TOP-drama-and-chaos-at-ramlila-ground-as-police-arrest-baba-ramdev-2162248.html?HT1a=
The dramatic police action came after the Centre and the 46-year-old yoga guru on Saturday night accused each other of betrayal on mutual assurances.
Tear gas shells were fired to disperse the yoga guru’s supporters, who said they were lathicharged by police as they tried to prevent cops from going near Baba Ramdev and arresting him.
Police, with the help of the CRPF and the RAF, also dismantled the stage that had been put for Ramdev’s campaign.
Section 144 has been imposed at the Ramlila Ground.
Speaking to newspersons briefly at the Ramlila Ground, Police Commissioner BK Gupta clarified that Baba Ramdev had not been arrested but had been taken to a safe place due to security concerns.
Earlier, Home Secretary GK Pillai had maintained that Ramdev was not arrested or detained.
The Delhi police crackdown came after it cancelled the permission granted to Baba Ramdev to conduct a 'yoga camp' at the Ramlila Grounds.
On Saturday night the government and Ramdev indulged in a blame game. Union Minister Kapil Sibal, who had negotiated with Ramdev in a bid to prevent him from going on fast, made public a letter written by the yoga guru’s aide disclosing that they would call off the fast on Saturday evening if the government gave written assurances on a legislation to bring back the black money from abroad and stringent punishment to offenders.
Ramdev hit back saying the government has indulged in "betrayal and cheating" and vowed not to talk to Sibal ever in his life. He said he would go by the word of the Prime Minister.
After mutual accusations, the government late Saturday night sent a fresh letter of assurance on his demands and appealed to him to withdraw his fast. But uncertainty remained over when Ramdev would end his fast.
Breaking the calm of the night, police force closed in on the Ramlila Ground soon after midnight. In the drama – enacted live in front of TV cameras – police sought to approach Ramdev, who was sleeping on the specially-erected rostrum from where he had been addressing his supporters throughout the day.
But as news spread that Ramdev may be arrested, a posse of women supporters formed a human cordon around him making the job of police difficult to approach him.
A section of supporters threw pots, tripods and mike stands on cops to prevent them from coming close to the stage.
Source: http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/NAT-TOP-drama-and-chaos-at-ramlila-ground-as-police-arrest-baba-ramdev-2162248.html?HT1a=
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