Click to play videoNew Delhi: The Supreme Court has pulled up yoga guru Baba Ramdev and the Delhi Police in the Ramlila Maidan crackdown case, saying that both the police and Ramdev were responsible.
The Supreme Court ruling said that Ramdev is guilty of negligence in the midnight crackdown case, but at the same time the court also said that the police crackdown on June 5, 2011 was unnecessary.
The Supreme Court has directed Rs 5 lakh compensation to be paid to the crackdown victim Rajbala, who succumbed to injuries. The Ramdev trust has been asked to pay 25 per cent of this compensation.
The Supreme Court has also directed the Delhi government and the Delhi Police Commissioner to register a case against officers who caused injury, and those who used lathicharge and tear gas in the crackdown.
"There was abuse of power by the Delhi Police and there was violation of fundamental rights of people," the court said.
The court also said, "The incident shows might of the state which strikes at the foundation of democracy."
"It is a glaring example of trust deficit between people governing and people being governed," the Supreme Court added.
Holding Ramdev equally responsible, the court said, "Ramdev ought not to have continued with the dharna, there was legal and moral duty on the part of the trust to leave the maidan when the police had asked them to do so."
The apex court had taken suo motu cognisance of media reports purportedly showing brutality of police action against the sleeping followers of Ramdev, including women and children.
Ramdev had alleged the police action was carried out on the instructions of their political masters and demanded action against all people who had directed the midnight crack down.
Ramdev was agitating along with his followers against corruption and demanding that the UPA government must make sincere efforts to bring back black money illegally parked in secret foreign bank accounts by tax evaders.
Delhi Police, however, claimed Ramdev had instigated his followers to indulge in violence, forcing the police to act at that time of the night.
(With additional information from PTI)
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