New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Claiming there was a security threat to Baba Ramdev, the Delhi Police Friday told the Supreme Court that the yoga guru was evicted from the Ramlila Ground as he started protesting after he was asked to leave.

 
 Delhi Police chief B.K. Gupta said in an affidavit that Ramdev was asked to move out as prohibitory orders had been imposed in the area on the night of June 4-5 but instead he began protesting.
 
 Police Commissioner Gupta filed a personal affidavit after being asked to do so by the apex court detailing the circumstances under which Delhi Police used force and fired tear gas to evict Ramdev and his supporters from Ramlila Ground.
 
 Delhi Police said it fired eight tear gas shells after its efforts to get the ground vacated were met with resistance from Ramdev's supporters. 
 
 Speaking to IANS, a police officer refuted charges of having used batons on Ramdev's supporters.
 
 He said they were forced to retaliate as Ramdev's supporters started throwing stones and flower pots at them when they tried to reach the raised dais where the yoga guru was sitting.
 
 Delhi Police will file an affidavit in the Supreme Court explaining its contention. "In the affidavit to be filed, we will definitely deny that police lathi-charged the followers of Baba Ramdev at Ramlila Maidan (Ground)," he said.
 
 He also said that permission to use Ramlila Ground was given for a yoga camp, a point that finds mention in B.K. Gupta's affidavit as well.
 
 It says though the Ramilia Ground was booked for yoga exercises, it turned into a political assembly.
 
 It further said that Ramdev was informed that Section 144 - which prohibits the assembly of five or more people - had been imposed at Ramlila Ground area and he had to move out.
 
 But Ramdev, instead of leaving the ground, started agitating. Nearly 100 people were injured in the crackdown.
 
 Ramdev had begun a fast June 4 against graft and demanding government steps to recover black money stashed away in foreign banks.