Hazare supporters hold protest in Civil Lines area

New Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) A group of Anna Hazare supporters
on Tuesday held a protest outside a government facility in
Civil Lines area of North Delhi where the Gandhian and lawyer
Shanti Bhushan were brought following their detention.
The protesters, who shouted anti-government slogans and
termed the police action as "totally un-constitutional", were
detained by police as they did not heed to police's direction
to disperse.
Earlier, shouting slogans against the Congress government
at the Centre, the protesters sat on a dharna on the road
leading to the Police Mess complex where Hazare and Bhushan
are being kept.
"This is highly condemnable. This Congress government
should go. They are not allowing protest which is our
democratic right," said Akash Sharma, a software professional
who bunked office and came here to express solidarity with
Team Anna.
Some protesters, who refused to get up from the road,
were forcibly lifted and taken into custody.
Besides Hazare and Bhushan, two other prominent activists
Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi were taken into preventing
custody this morning.
The Police had erected barricades on both sides of the
road leading to Civil lines police mess, besides making heavy
deployment of its personnel.
Demanding release of Hazare, Kejriwal, Bedi, Bhushan, the
protestors shouted slogans like 'We salute Anna Hazare', 'Weed
out corrupt system' and 'Save the country from corrupt
politicians'.
"This is a well planned strategy by the government.
Barricades have been put up here before Hazare was detained.
They are trying to stifle democracy," said Kishan Chowdhry, a
resident of Adarsh Nagar, who came to protest outside the
police mess.