The charismatic and controversial yoga guru Baba Ramdev is spinning his popularity to fuel a political movement that he says will root out India's endemic corruption. The saffron-robed and bearded Ramdev started an indefinite hunger strike in the Indian capital to protest against corruption and what he says is the Indian government's inaction in bringing back black money stashed abroad.

Indian police fired tear gas at the protest, sparking violence that left more than 70 injured. Opposition parties and anti-graft campaigners accused the government of resorting to heavy-handed tactics to crush the peaceful demonstration, which comes after a damaging series of corruption scandals.