They were detained for defying prohibitory orders clamped in the area. Delhi Police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat said prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC in some areas of Daryaganj and IP police stations in Central Delhi, which include Jai Prakash Narain Park and Shaheed Park, were clamped this evening. The section prohibits the assembly of five or more people in one place.
The areas where prohibitory orders have been imposed include Shantivan to Rajghat, Rajghat to Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg to JLN Marg, Delhi Gate to Tilak Marg on Bahadurshah Zafar Marg.
The police have already denied permission to Hazare to hold the protest at the park after his team refused to give an undertaking restricting the number of protest days to three and protestors to 5,000.
A large contingent of police, have been deployed around JPN Park to ensure that no untoward incident takes place.
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