Lokpal Bill: Anna Hazare refuses to sign personal bond
NEW DELHI: Anna Hazare was on Tuesday sent to seven days' judicial custody after he refused to sign a personal bond and come out on bail following his arrest.
Hazare, who was arrested in the morning on grounds of apprehension of breach of peace following his intention to defy prohibitory orders to go on indefinite hunger strike, was produced before a Special Executive Magistrate.
Delhi Police Commissioner B K Gupta told a press conference that the police was not keen that he should be sent to judicial custody.
Gupta said the police was prepared for his being released on a personal bond if the Gandhian would have given an undertaking that he will not defy Section 144 of the CrPC that prohibits gathering of five or more people and also ask his supporters not to do so.
Sources said since Hazare refused to give an undertaking, the Magistrate remanded him to a seven-day judicial custody.
He was taken to Tihar jail where he would spend time in judicial custody. Three other leading activists of the team Hazare--Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia-- were also sent to judicial custody on similar grounds.
JP leaders Sushma Swaraj & Arun Jaitley slammed the government for the arrest of Anna Hazare. "The government was trying to stifle the protest against corruption," Swaraj said while speaking to reporters.
Strongly defending Anna Hazare's detention, Government had earlier said the Gandhian was taken into custody after Delhi Police came to a conclusion that he and his supporters would commit a "cognisable offence" by defying prohibitory orders.
Home Minister P Chidambaram said after being taken into custody, 73-year-old Hazare was taken to the Police Officers Mess in Civil Lines here and he will be produced before a magistrate.
"Police met Anna Hazare this morning and he told them that he intended to defy the prohibitory orders. At that time, police came to a conclusion that he will commit a congnisable offence. They invoked article 107 and 151 of CrPC which calls for preventive measures," he told a press conference.
Chidambaram was replying to a volley of questions on why Delhi Police detained Hazare and his supporters even before they defied the prohibitory orders.
He said around 1,200-1,300 people have been detained across the national capital. Six members of Team Anna Hazare were also detained, he said.
NEW DELHI: Anna Hazare was on Tuesday sent to seven days' judicial custody after he refused to sign a personal bond and come out on bail following his arrest.
Hazare, who was arrested in the morning on grounds of apprehension of breach of peace following his intention to defy prohibitory orders to go on indefinite hunger strike, was produced before a Special Executive Magistrate.
Delhi Police Commissioner B K Gupta told a press conference that the police was not keen that he should be sent to judicial custody.
Gupta said the police was prepared for his being released on a personal bond if the Gandhian would have given an undertaking that he will not defy Section 144 of the CrPC that prohibits gathering of five or more people and also ask his supporters not to do so.
Sources said since Hazare refused to give an undertaking, the Magistrate remanded him to a seven-day judicial custody.
He was taken to Tihar jail where he would spend time in judicial custody. Three other leading activists of the team Hazare--Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia-- were also sent to judicial custody on similar grounds.
JP leaders Sushma Swaraj & Arun Jaitley slammed the government for the arrest of Anna Hazare. "The government was trying to stifle the protest against corruption," Swaraj said while speaking to reporters.
Strongly defending Anna Hazare's detention, Government had earlier said the Gandhian was taken into custody after Delhi Police came to a conclusion that he and his supporters would commit a "cognisable offence" by defying prohibitory orders.
Home Minister P Chidambaram said after being taken into custody, 73-year-old Hazare was taken to the Police Officers Mess in Civil Lines here and he will be produced before a magistrate.
"Police met Anna Hazare this morning and he told them that he intended to defy the prohibitory orders. At that time, police came to a conclusion that he will commit a congnisable offence. They invoked article 107 and 151 of CrPC which calls for preventive measures," he told a press conference.
Chidambaram was replying to a volley of questions on why Delhi Police detained Hazare and his supporters even before they defied the prohibitory orders.
He said around 1,200-1,300 people have been detained across the national capital. Six members of Team Anna Hazare were also detained, he said.
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