This is the second consecutive day when pro-Anna protesters gathered outside the prime minister's house. Forty protesters were detained Wednesday.
“We have detained 50 protesters and sent them to Chanakyapuri police station,” a police official told IANS.
Hazare's fast for stronger anti-graft bill continued for the 10th day Thursday.
Meanwhile, four Delhi Metro stations in the vicinity of the prime minister's residence here were shut from 3 p.m. on the orders of the Delhi Police, an official said.
The stations are Udyog Bhawan, Race Course and Jor Bagh on the Huda City Centre-Jahangirpuri corridor and Khan Market station on the Central Secretariat-Badarpur stretch.
"They (police) have said the closure is due to security reasons," the Metro official said.
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