‘Cancelled permission for protest after fiery speeches’

Ramdev made a provocative speech in which he said his protest will end only with his death or if 1.25 crore people desired,they said.

Police said the organiser Bharat Swabhiman Trust had sought permission for a yoga session for 5,000 people from June one for 20 days but the numbers swelled to over 25,000 by June three midnight.

Ramdev and his followers were sitting on a protest against corruption at the maidan from where police evicted them on Saturday night after cancelling permission for the agitation,citing threat to the yoga guru’s life.

In the FIR filed at Kamla Market police station following the police crackdown at Ramlila Maidan,police said though they had sought permission only for 5,000 people,the organisers had installed 800 toilets,numerous booster pumps and set up a 40-bed hospital inside the Maidan.

“On June four morning,the yoga session led by Baba Ramdev went on for three hours and it took the colour of a rally due to the presence of Sadhvi Ritambara,Mailana Kalbe Jabbar,Akali Dal leader Omkar Singh Thapar and other religious and political leaders and these leaders made provocative speeches.

“They urged people to intensify their protest and said if their demands were not met,they will not move out of the Maidan. Keeping their activities in view,senior officials

held consultation and decided to cancel the permission for the camp,” Surinder Jeet Kaur,the Station House Officer of Kamla Market,said in the FIR.