Detention

16 Aug 2011

In power

INC — Delhi Police

Acted

Police, Delhi

Under

Section 144 CrPC (detained in areas under prohibitory orders, as stated by the Prime Minister); Section 65 of the Delhi Police Act for Kiran Bedi and Shanti Bhushan, per The Tribune

Supporters who went to JP Park and other places under prohibitory orders were detained through the day, many of them taken by bus to Chhatrasal Stadium, which was used as a holding site. The Prime Minister said all of them were released that evening. Counts of those detained differ [3][4][5][6][1][2]

• about 2,603 persons detained in Delhi when going to or in areas under prohibitory orders, all released that evening, said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (statement to Parliament) [3]
• around 1,500 persons detained, said Delhi Police (as reported by The Tribune) [4]
• more than 3,000 persons who courted arrest during the day, said The Tribune (estimate) [4]
• more than 2,000 supporters brought to Chhatrasal Stadium by 10 am, said Governance Now (reporter at the scene) [5]
• about 1,700 supporters held at Chhatrasal Stadium on the evening of 16 August, said Outlook (reporters held at the stadium) [6]
• about 1,500 followers detained for defying the police order and later released, said Al Jazeera [2]

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