Activist Mr Arvind Kejriwal and hundreds of erstwhile Team Anna supporters were detained on Sunday when they marched to the residences of the Prime Minister and the chiefs of the Congress and the BJP on the issue of coal block allocation with police using teargas and water cannons to disperse them.

Police used water canons and lobbed teargas shells besides using force in Janpath, Akbar Road and Tughlaq Road to disperse the crowd.

Mr Kejriwal, who was detained along with Mr Prashant Bhushan, Mr Manish Sisodia and Mr Kumar Vishwas from various places, told reporters “Our intention was to show the nation that how BJP and Congress were hand in glove over the coal allocation issue. We have done our job, it is time we should go back.”

The day began on a dramatic note with Mr. Kejriwal and five others surfacing in front of the residences of the Prime Minister and Congress and BJP party presidents. All the six Mr Kejriwal, Mr Sisodia, Mr Gopal Rai, Mr Kumar Vishas, Mr Sanjay Singh and another person were later released from custody after being detained for about an hour at the Mandir Marg police station where their supporters staged a protest and prevented police from taking them to Bawana.

In a separate incident, 30 activists of India Against Corruption were also detained, when they marched to the residence of Chhattisgarh chief minister Dr Raman Singh to protest over the issue of coal block allocation.

Source - PTI

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