New Delhi: Four Tibetan activists were detained outside the high-security Hyderabad House in the capital when they made a sudden appearance there as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was holding talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday.
Holding their 'national flag' and raising anti-China slogans, the activists of the Tibetan Youth Congress reached the venue on the India Gate circle, taking a large number of police personnel deployed there by surprise.
Security personnel swung into action immediately and caught hold of the activists and whisked them away in police vehicles.
Police also took six Tibetans into preventive custody on the Kasturba Gandhi Marg this morning while they were moving towards the Hyderabad House.
Three TYC activists were detained last night in Daula Kuan when they came out on the road shouting anti-China slogans minutes after Hu's cavalcade from the airport passed through the area.
Tibetan groups in the capital have been staging candle light vigils and demonstrations besides sitting on a hunger strike to protest the maiden visit of the Chinese President.
Meanwhile, hundreds of Tibetans along with Buddhist monks dressed in maroon and yellow robes took out a march here to protest Hu's visit. They began the march from Jantar Mantar, but were not allowed to proceed further.
They shouted slogans against China for its 'occupation of Tibet', burned the effigy of HU, unfurled the Tibetan flag and sang what they called their national anthem.
A huge posse of police personnel including contingents of the RAF and paramilitary forces have been deployed at Jantar Mantar and outside the Hyderabad House to ensure that no protests take place.
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