New Delhi: Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Azad was detained by police outside the Jama Masjid early Saturday, after he played hide and seek with security personnel for several hours.On Friday evening, after security personnel tried to detain him during a march led by his Bhim Army against the new citizenship law from Jama Masjid to Jantar Mantar, Azad surfaced inside the mosque. He had given the Delhi police a slip to reach the mosque.

"We have to make sacrifices so that the legislation is taken back. We do not support violence. We were sitting inside the mosque since Friday morning and our people were not involved in violence," he said.A large number of police personnel had stayed put near the mosque, waiting for Azad to come outside as a large number of people gathered there. Senior police officers were persuading him to come outside the mosque since Friday evening. The drama continued for several hours and Azad finally agreed around 3.15 am on Saturday.