Anna refuses to leave Tihar Jail

Anna refuses to leave Tihar Jail
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Summary High drama continued in India as social activist Anna Hazare refused to come out of Tihar Jail.

According to the sources Anna wants permission to fast at JP Park. Anna Hazare and his supporters were arrested on Tuesday morning from his Mayur Vihar flat for breach of peace.Hazare was detained ahead of his planned fast-unto-death for a stronger lokpal bill. He was arrested when he refused to sign a bail bond and was sent to Tihar Jail along with his key confidante Arvind Kejriwal and other supporters. Bhagat said the Tihar Jail authorities would take a final call on when Hazare will be released.His arrest triggered swathes of unrest across the country and pitting the government against not just the opposition but also large sections of the public. Bedi and Kejriwal were later released from preventive custody.Anna Hazare refused to sign a personal bond and has been sent to seven days judicial custody, Bhagat told reporters, describing it as a preventive arrest. The opposition went on the warpath to demand Hazares release.As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the move smacked of the excesses during Emergency and parliament was stalled, the outrage spread across the country, with reports of protests coming in from virtually every corner.Hazare and Kejriwal were whisked away as they stepped out of an apartment in east Delhi on their way to the JP Park where police had clamped prohibitory orders and where the activists were planning to set the stage for their strike against the governments version of the bill that keeps the prime minister, judiciary and junior officials out of its ambit.Hazares supporters, who had gathered in hundreds in the apartment complex, shouted anti-government slogans and lauded the anti-corruption crusader who had gone on a hunger strike in April.

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