04 june 2011
Ramdev had booked the ground for nearly a month for his hunger strike against corruption and black money stashed by Indians in foreign banks. But in less than 24 hours after he launched the high profile protest, police shortly after Saturday midnight swooped down on the area and took the yoga guru out of the capital.
Meanwhile, 30 people were injured in the pre-dawn police crackdown, officials in a hospital said.
A medical officer of the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP) hospital told IANS that some 30 mildly injured people were brought there.
The LNJP is some five kilometres from the Ramlila Ground where police in a midnight action broke up Ramdev's protest fast he had launched less than 24 hours earlier.
The medical officer said most of the injured have suffered wounds on their limbs.
The protesters were injured in clashes with security personnel and Ramdev supporters, some of who armed themselves with iron rods, fire extinguishers and what appeared to be baseball bats.
As some of them hurled stones at the police, the security forces hit back viciously.
Some policemen threw back the stones hurled at them, and also fired tear gas, choking and blinding hundreds. Police personnel were also seen pushing away the protesters and those who refused to get off were hit with batons.
Prohibitory orders around Ramlila Ground
New Delhi, June 5 The government Sunday banned any gathering around Ramlila Ground, the sprawling venue for Baba Ramdev's anti-corruption protest that was broken up by police in a midnight crackdown.
Delhi Police said Section 144 -- which prohibits assembly of five or more people and holding of public meetings -- has been imposed around the area.Ramdev had booked the ground for nearly a month for his hunger strike against corruption and black money stashed by Indians in foreign banks. But in less than 24 hours after he launched the high profile protest, police shortly after Saturday midnight swooped down on the area and took the yoga guru out of the capital.
Meanwhile, 30 people were injured in the pre-dawn police crackdown, officials in a hospital said.
A medical officer of the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP) hospital told IANS that some 30 mildly injured people were brought there.
The LNJP is some five kilometres from the Ramlila Ground where police in a midnight action broke up Ramdev's protest fast he had launched less than 24 hours earlier.
The medical officer said most of the injured have suffered wounds on their limbs.
The protesters were injured in clashes with security personnel and Ramdev supporters, some of who armed themselves with iron rods, fire extinguishers and what appeared to be baseball bats.
As some of them hurled stones at the police, the security forces hit back viciously.
Some policemen threw back the stones hurled at them, and also fired tear gas, choking and blinding hundreds. Police personnel were also seen pushing away the protesters and those who refused to get off were hit with batons.
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