NEW DELHI, India (CNN) — The Olympic torch arrived Thursday morning in India, the heart of the world’s largest Tibetan exile community, sparking the first of what officials fear may be a string of protests during the torch’s relay of the country.
Tibetan protesters shout anti China slogans, as they are detained by Indian police. Police dragged several protesters into vans as they chanted anti-China slogans outside a luxury hotel near Rajpath. Olympic officials are keeping the torch there before the start of the 4 p.m. (6:30 ET) relay. Officers detained another 32 protesters even before the torch touched down on Indian soil, according to a state-run news agency, the Press Trust of India. Tibetan exiles had blocked a road near an army hospital in southwest Delhi, the agency said. Tibet activists groups have said they will do what is necessary to get their voices heard during the torch’s stay in India.
(Source:CNN)