P Chidambaram received a fresh blow on Friday as the Amicus Curiae appointed by the Supreme Court said that the Union Home Minister had ordered the crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev on the night on June 4 at Ramlila grounds.
Ramdev was observing a fast against corruption at that time at Ramlila Maidan here.
Amicus Curiae Rajiv Dhawan alleged that the Delhi Police kept constant contact with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) during the crackdown on Ramdev and his followers.
Dhawan said that the police intervened only after Chidambaram adviced them to take the move.
The yoga guru, who runs a Rs 180 crore-a-year business empire, had started a hunger strike campaign on June 4 demanding that the government repatriate illicit funds of the Indian rich purportedly stashed in offshore accounts.
He had also demanded higher education in schools to be imparted in Hindi, withdraw Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes and impose the death penalty on corrupt ministers and government officials.
