Punjab, Oct. 10 -- Four former Chief Ministers were taken into preventive detention in Delhi on Saturday, ahead of a protest at Jantar Mantar demanding the Chief Election Commissioner's resignation. Fifty-seven Metro stations were ordered shut. The Supreme Court has agreed to sit on a Sunday to hear whether any of it was lawful.
Who was detained
According to the petition filed in the Supreme Court, the detainees include Arvind Kejriwal, former Chief Minister of Delhi; Mamata Banerjee, former Chief Minister of West Bengal; Pinarayi Vijayan, former Chief Minister of Kerala; and Manik Sarkar, former Chief Minister of Tripura. The petition says some were picked up from their homes and taken to undisclosed locations before they could reach the...