NEW DELHI: In a reply to a NHRC notice on whether Anna Hazare's arrest was a violation of human rights, Delhi Police has said that it never intended to send Anna to Tihar Jail.
It was the Gandhian's dogged refusal to take a legal recourse that had
bound the magistrate to send him to judicial custody, said police. In
its reply, police said the arrest was necessary to maintain peace and
the rule of law.
Senior police officers said that the arrest was necessary as Anna had
announced on TV that he would fast at JPN Park though he had been
refused the permission to do so. This would have led to commission of a
cognizable offence under Section 151.Cops said that there was no other
way from stopping the breach of peace and they were forced to arrest
Anna.
Delhi Police's official reply to National Human Rights Commission's
notice came after the human rights watchdog issued a notice on the
complaint of one Amrita Sudan Chakrabarty from MANAB, a human rights
group of West Bengal. The complainant has accused Delhi Police for not
only violating the human rights of Anna Hazare and his supporters, but
also denying them their right to protest.
Meanwhile, cops said they were examining the video-recording of Anna's
13 days at the Ramlila Maidan. A local court on Monday had asked Delhi
Police to file a status report of its probe into a complaint accusing
Anna Hazare and his team of defaming the government and instigating
innocent people during their anti-corruption campaign.
"The SHO of Kamla Nagar has begun the probe. We will analyze the
footage and the speeches and a reply will be filed in due time,'' said
Dharmendra Kumar, special CP (law and order).
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