The Supreme Court will hear on Monday the suo-moto case on the police crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his followers at Ramlila Ground on June 4.
The court had on June 6 taken suo motu cognisance of the police action on a gathering of Ramdev and his followers at Ramlila Maidan where they were staging a protest on the issue of corruption and black money.
They had asked the Centre and Delhi police to explain why there was a need to use teargas and baton-charge in a closed enclosure when people were sleeping.
The Supreme Court had also asked the Delhi police to furnish the footage of Ramdev's camp that was set up at Ramlila Maidan. Delhi police had in July defended the crackdown at Ramlila Maidan in their reply submitted to the Supreme Court.
Defending the crackdown, the police said it was forced to retaliate after Ramdev's supporters threw stones and flowerpots at them when policemen tried to reach the stage, where the yoga guru was delivering a speech.
The Delhi police also denied reports that it resorted to a baton charge at Ramlila Maidan.
The police said that tear gas was used only when Ramdev's supporters started pelting stones on them.
According to the police, 72 people were injured when the camp was broken up, which included 39 civilians and 23 policemen.
The yoga guru had been on a hunger strike against corruption along with 65,000 followers when the Delhi police, acting on the central government's orders, cracked down on their camp late on the night of June 4 at the Ramlila Maidan.
Ramdev was on his indefinite 'fast-unto-death' stir to demand several radical reforms in the prevailing political system, including a death penalty for corrupt officials.
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