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| Indian police detain supporters of social activist Anna Hazare in New Delhi. (AFP Photo) |
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Indian Home
Minister P. Chidambaram said Tuesday that at least 1,200 people had been taken
into custody in New Delhi as police acted to halt a hunger strike by a veteran
anti-graft activist.
had been
due to protesters refusing to obey police conditions over the demonstration led
by hunger striker Anna Hazare, who was among those held.
"A
little over 1,200 or 1,300 people have been detained at different places,"
Chidambaram told reporters, adding that "we are not prohibiting a peaceful
democratic protest".
He said the
detentions
Police had
told organizers that the high-profile rally at a public park in Delhi would be
limited to 4-5,000 people and that it could only last three days.
Hazare's
planned protest was to pressure the government into strengthening a new
anti-corruption law.
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