Day 1: Scenes outside Tihar Jail

Kiran Bedi, a core member of Anna's team along with Prashant Bhushan and Swami Agnivesh, launched a protest outside Tihar Jail on Wednesday morning.

Anna Hazare is still at Tihar Jail, having spent the night there, and is adamant that he shall not leave till he is given unconditional permission to fast at Delhi's Jaiprakash Narain Park.

Kiran Bedi along with Medha Patkar outside Tihar jail.

Yoga teacher and anti-corruption activist Baba Ramdev too is Tihar-bound after he meets the President to submit a memorandum against Anna's arrest.

Swami Agnivesh outside Tihar jail.

Supporters of Anna outside Tihar jail.

Supporters of Anna outside the Tihar jail.

A supporter of Anna Hazare waves his national flag outside Tihar Jail.

A supporter of Anna Hazare shouts slogans outside Tihar Jail.

Anna Hazare supporters spent the night outside Tihar jail in New Delhi, where Anna was being detained.

In a turn of events, even as the government gave Anna conditional release, he refused and is determined to fast at JP park.

Reports suggest that Rahul Gandhi met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and asked that Anna be released.

Supporters gather outside Tihar since morning.

Coming up: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar visits Anna in Tihar jail

A supporter of Anna outside the Tihar jail.

Supporters gathered outside Tihar jail.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar reaches Tihar Jail to meet Anna Hazare.

The Art of Living founder, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has called for peaceful revolution while decrying Anna Hazare's arrest.

Mr Hazare's supporters gathered outside Tihar Jail in anticipation of his release.

However, reports suggest Mr Hazare has refused to come out of jail, saying he wants unconditional permission to fast at Jaiprakash Narain Park.

In this pic, Anna Hazare's supporters outside Tihar Jail.

Ahead: Anna Hazare's arrest

Jubilant scenes outside Tihar Jail as the news of Anna Hazare being freed comes in. This picture was tweeted by Madhur Ramani.

Anna Hazare was brought to Tihar Jail at 3:30 pm, eight hours after he was arrested. The anti-corruption crusader was lodged in a normal cell in jail no 4.

At 7.30 am on Tuesday morning, minutes before Mr Hazare was to set out for his fast against corruption, about a dozen policemen in plain clothes detained him at Supreme Enclave in Delhi's Mayur Vihar, where he was staying.

They tried to whisk him away in a white Innova car, but hundreds of angry protesters ensured that the car could barely move for over an hour.

Anna Hazare was taken to the Delhi Police Mess near Oberoi Maidan in north Delhi and will be produced before a special executive magistrate there. If he refuses bail, Anna Hazare may go to jail. The 74-year-old has not eaten since morning.

Anticipating arrest, Anna recorded an appeal to people to come forward in peaceful protest and said a second line of leaders would continue to lead the movement.

Police said they had received orders to arrest Anna on grounds that he does not have permission to hold a protest.

Two dozen plain clothes policemen whisked away Anna Hazare.

He was detained at the house he was at in Supreme Enclave.

Supporters trying to stop the vehicle carrying Anna.

The 74-year-old Hazare and two key members of his team - Mr Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia - have been sent to seven days in judicial custody because they refused to apply for bail after being arrested in the capital today. All three are fasting.

After her arrest, Kiran Bedi said: Emergency without promulgation of it.

Police personnel cordon off supporters of Anna Hazare after his arrest

Supporters of Anna Hazare shout slogans after his arrest.

A supporter of Anna Hazare lying on the road after his arrest.

Anna supporters shouting slogans.

Supporters of Anna Hazare shouting slogans after his arrest.

A supporter shouts slogans as he is led away by the police.

Anna supporters shout slogans as they are led away by the police.

The police faceoff with Anna's supporters.

Policemen trying to stop Anna supporters.

Team Anna has asked people to wear black bands and to use social media and SMSes to help gather more people.

The Delhi Police lie in wait.

Anna Hazare supporters outside the house.

Anna Hazare has declared to carry out his protests from Tuesday, Aug 16, to pressure the government on the Lokpal Bill.

Mr Hazare made an unscheduled stop at Rajghat to meditate just hours after he was denied permission for his protest fast at a Delhi park starting Tuesday.

A big crowd gathered around Mr Hazare as he sat near Mahatma Gandhi's samadhi to meditate.

Team Anna dubbed the police's move as unconstitutional and said that they along with their supporters would court arrest tomorrow at the venue of the fast after paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat. They said they had given an undertaking to the police accepting 16 conditions, while six of the conditions were "unconstitutional".

The Delhi Police had given a conditional permission to Team Anna to hold the fast at the Jai Prakash Narain National Park in central Delhi, subject to the latter submitting the undertaking.

The police had sought an assurance from them that the fast would begin at 8 am on Aug 16 and the park would be vacated by 6 pm on Aug 18, and that the gathering should not exceed 5,000 people. Further, the police wanted the participants to be seated in an organised manner and to not spill out on to the roads.

In a press conference on Monday, Anna Hazare said, "I am starting my fast tomorrow. It is just the start of a struggle for change. We have to fight a long battle. It's going to be a fight to bring about change in India."

Mr Hazare said he had no fear of the police restrictions. The Delhi Police had said it will impose Section 144 at the Jai Prakash Narain Park to prevent Mr Hazare and his followers from entering.

Supporters gather around Indian rights activist Anna Hazare, as he leaves Rajghat, the Mahatma Gandhi memorial.

Regarding the police action Hazare said, "We will go to Jai Prakash Narain Park on Tuesday for the fast, if they arrest us, let them. We will start a non-violent jail bharo andolan. We will go back to fasting when they will release us from jail."

Support for Mr Hazare has been gaining momentum leading up to Aug 16, the day of the proposed fast. People were seen holding banners and shouting slogans in Ahmedabad on Aug 15.

At the core of Anna Hazare's protest against corruption is the draft Lok Pal Bill that the government has brought in Parliament in this session. Key among its features is that it seeks to exclude the Prime Minister from the purview of the Lok Pal. Anna's team of civil activists calls this the "Joke Pal Bill" and have burnt copies of it in protest.

On whether he was intending to topple the government, Hazare said, "It is not important to remove the government, but if the peoples' voices are not heard then the government may fall."