Midnight police swoop on Baba Ramdev, detention ends protest

The supporters also claimed that Baba alongwith Acharya Bala Krishnan and Jaydeep Arya, head of Bharat Swabhiman Manch, were arrested.They also said Swami Sampoornanand, who is second in command, has taken charge of the agitation and has asked people to gather at Jantar Mantar. Banners were torn and mattresses and furniture lay all over the Ramlila Maidan that resembled a war zone after the police action. The Ramlila ground was booked for 20 days by Baba Ramdev for yoga camp but was turned as the venue for his "Satyagraha" movement. Organisers were asking people not to leave the pandal and continue the protest. Some of them, associated with Baba''s movement, contacted their associates in respective states to protest against police action in the morning. Large number of people were leaving the spot, some were seen arguing with the policemen that why they have taken such an action when their protest was peaceful.Some of the supporters refused to leave the venue saying they will not move till they get a direction to do so from Baba.