Anna's Preventive Arrest Ahead of Proposed Fast
posted on Aug 16, 2011 @ 11:16AM
Social activist Anna Hazare has been taken under preventive arrest by the Delhi Police ahead of his proposed fast against corruption on Tuesday. Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi and Manish Sisodia have been also taken into preventive custody by the Delhi police.
Hazare has been arrested under Section 107/51. He will now have to appear before a magistrate to get bail. Hazare and his supporters were taken into custody before he was to proceed to the venue of his fast in JP Park where prohibitory orders are in place.
He was taken to the General Officers Mess in Civil Lines area of New Delhi and Delhi Police have called a magistrate to the mess to complete necessary formalities. The magistrate will decide whether Hazare and his supporters will be sent to judicial custody or given bail.
The Gandhian was taken earlier detained from Mayur Vihar before he was to proceed to the venue of his fast in JP Park where prohibitory orders are in place. Around 500 supporters were with Anna at the time of his detention. Chanting 'Bharat Mata ki jai' and 'Vande Matram,' supporters created hurdles in the way of the police which were trying to detain him.