SC notice to Centre, cops for use of "brutal" force on Ramdev

New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) The Indian Supreme Court on Monday
took suo motu cognisance of the midnight crack down on yoga
guru Ramdev and his followers and sought an explanation from
the Centre about the circumstances which compelled it to take
"brutal" action at the Ramlila ground in the national capital.
The apex court expressed concern over the "police
atrocities" and use of "brutal force" to disperse the
"innocent" people gathered at the site of Ramdev's hunger
strike against black money on the intervening nights of June 4
and 5.
"Considering the gravity of the police atrocities and the
brutal force that was used by the police to disperse the
innocent people who had gathered at Ramlila Maidan in
furtherence to the permission granted by the state is a matter
of concern for the court," a vacation bench of justices B S
Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar said.
The bench issued notices to the Union Home Secretary,
Delhi Chief Secretary and the Delhi Police Commissioner,
asking them to respond within two weeks about the
circumstances under which "such power with brutality and
atrocities was asserted against a large people gathered at
Ramlila Maidan".