Apex court pulls up Delhi police, Baba Ramdev for Ramlila Maidan crackdown

PTI Updated - February 23, 2012 at 02:31 PM.

The Supreme Court today castigated the Delhi Police and yoga guru Ramdev for the midnight violent incident at the Ramlila Maidan last year and said it was a “glaring example of trust deficit” between the people and the government.

A Bench of Mr Justices B.S. Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar said that incident showed might of the state which struck at the foundation of democracy.

The Bench further observed that the police and the state could have avoided that tragic incident in which one person died and several others were injured.

“It is a glaring example of trust deficit between the people governing and the people being governed,” the Bench said, adding that police action is meant to bring peace but they breached peace themselves.

Published on February 23, 2012 08:59