<p>"With Anna Hazare being detained by Delhi Police, we will soon decide on the issue of courting arrest," media coordinator for IAC Bhavana Upadhyaya told IANS.<br />Hazare, activist Arvind Kejriwal and former police officer Kiran Bedi, besides 250 other supporters were detained Tuesday morning in New Delhi before starting their protest against the Lokpal bill. <br /><br />"There are 25 people who have registered their names for the indefinite fast and around 70 for participating in relay fast," Upadhyaya said.<br /><br />Freedom fighter Lakshmikanthan Bharathi, 85, began his fast here. Ninety-year-old Venkata Kalyanam, former personal secretary to Mahatma Gandhi, is also expected to join.<br />Corporate executives, software professionals, media artistes and small businessmen are at the venue of fast in south Chennai, Upadhyaya said.<br /><br />Around 25 NGOs have extended their support to the struggle, she said.<br />"We are holding the fast in a private plot and we have booked the plot for five days," she said adding, the police are friendly.<br /><br />Several others, including actor Arvind Swamy who starred in "Roja", are expected to participate.<br /><br />Youth icon and food service industrialist Sharath Babu has agreed to fast for two days, Upadhyaya added.</p>
<p>"With Anna Hazare being detained by Delhi Police, we will soon decide on the issue of courting arrest," media coordinator for IAC Bhavana Upadhyaya told IANS.<br />Hazare, activist Arvind Kejriwal and former police officer Kiran Bedi, besides 250 other supporters were detained Tuesday morning in New Delhi before starting their protest against the Lokpal bill. <br /><br />"There are 25 people who have registered their names for the indefinite fast and around 70 for participating in relay fast," Upadhyaya said.<br /><br />Freedom fighter Lakshmikanthan Bharathi, 85, began his fast here. Ninety-year-old Venkata Kalyanam, former personal secretary to Mahatma Gandhi, is also expected to join.<br />Corporate executives, software professionals, media artistes and small businessmen are at the venue of fast in south Chennai, Upadhyaya said.<br /><br />Around 25 NGOs have extended their support to the struggle, she said.<br />"We are holding the fast in a private plot and we have booked the plot for five days," she said adding, the police are friendly.<br /><br />Several others, including actor Arvind Swamy who starred in "Roja", are expected to participate.<br /><br />Youth icon and food service industrialist Sharath Babu has agreed to fast for two days, Upadhyaya added.</p>