Torch passes in peace, Delhi pays the price
The Indian government and Delhi Police ended Thursday with a sigh of relief, but Delhi was gasping for breath long after the Olympic flame had left for its next destination, Bangkok.
With a staggering 17,000 policemen and commandos swarming the heart of New Delhi, the torch completed its 2.3 km journey down Rajpath that had been sanitised from even the somnolent babus of the many sarkari buildings around.
The widely feared Tibetan protests were largely non-violent; the police still arrested as many as 267 people for trying to disrupt the run.
"No protester could manage to breach security anywhere in the city," Rajan Bhagat, Delhi Police spokesman, announced at the end of the day "All attempts to create trouble were thwarted."
In fact, all of Delhi was thwarted.
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With a staggering 17,000 policemen and commandos swarming the heart of New Delhi, the torch completed its 2.3 km journey down Rajpath that had been sanitised from even the somnolent babus of the many sarkari buildings around.
The widely feared Tibetan protests were largely non-violent; the police still arrested as many as 267 people for trying to disrupt the run.
"No protester could manage to breach security anywhere in the city," Rajan Bhagat, Delhi Police spokesman, announced at the end of the day "All attempts to create trouble were thwarted."
In fact, all of Delhi was thwarted.
To read the full article, click here...
To read the epaper, visit: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com
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