Rajan Bhagat, spokesman for the Delhi police, said the police issued an "unconditional release warrant" for Mr. Hazare and his aides late Tuesday night. An aide to Mr. Hazare who was released told that Mr. Hazare has said he won't leave until he receives "written assurance" from the government that he will be allowed to go ahead with his plan for the hunger strike.
Anna Hazare was arrested early Tuesday morning under a temporary legal provision that bans public gatherings and protests at a New Delhi park where he was planning to hold his hunger strike, Mr. Bhagat said. He added the prohibition was issued after Mr. Hazare refused to agree to the police's conditions for allowing the protest, including restricting the fast to three days and limiting the number of protesters at the site to 5,000.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said the government was committed to acting against corruption and that it wanted a "strong Lokpal to prevent corruption in high places."
Addressing the nation on India's Independence Day, Mr. Singh said those who disagree with the version of the bill in Parliament had the right to do so, but "they should not resort to hunger strikes and fasts unto death."
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