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Self-styled 'godman' Rampal was on
Wednesday night arrested from his ashram,
ending an over two-week tense standoff
between his supporters and the police after
close to 15,000 of his followers were
evacuated from the sprawling premises.
The controversial 63-year-old baba will be
produced in a Hisar court in the northern
Indian state Haryana on Thursday.
DGP S N Vashisht said that Rampal had been
taken into custody following an operation
which was "very tough" since the forces had to
deal with a hostile army of his commandos.
Panipat SP, B Sateesh Balan, who was among
the five SPs of neighbouring Hisar who took
part in the operation to hunt down the
engineer-turned 'godman', said he did not
surrender but was arrested from Satlok ashram
where four women died mysteriously and two
others in hospital in the midst of the
showdown.
"Rampal has been arrested from his Satlok
Ashram. He is being taken for a medical
examination after which tomorrow morning he
will be produced before a court at Hisar,"
Balan said.
The entire operation was carefully calibrated
keeping in mind the safety of a large number
of people stranded inside.
"We are happy that the entire operation went
off peacefully," a senior officer said.
The arrest came in the night after over 15,000
followers including women, children and the
aged, who were being forcibly kept inside the
12-acre ashram as a human shield to Rampal,
were evacuated.
The security personnel had halted the
operation last evening to enable to come out.
Baba Rampal arrested from Satlok Ashram in Hisar
Wednesday night arrested from his ashram,
ending an over two-week tense standoff
between his supporters and the police after
close to 15,000 of his followers were
evacuated from the sprawling premises.
The controversial 63-year-old baba will be
produced in a Hisar court in the northern
Indian state Haryana on Thursday.
DGP S N Vashisht said that Rampal had been
taken into custody following an operation
which was "very tough" since the forces had to
deal with a hostile army of his commandos.
Panipat SP, B Sateesh Balan, who was among
the five SPs of neighbouring Hisar who took
part in the operation to hunt down the
engineer-turned 'godman', said he did not
surrender but was arrested from Satlok ashram
where four women died mysteriously and two
others in hospital in the midst of the
showdown.
"Rampal has been arrested from his Satlok
Ashram. He is being taken for a medical
examination after which tomorrow morning he
will be produced before a court at Hisar,"
Balan said.
The entire operation was carefully calibrated
keeping in mind the safety of a large number
of people stranded inside.
"We are happy that the entire operation went
off peacefully," a senior officer said.
The arrest came in the night after over 15,000
followers including women, children and the
aged, who were being forcibly kept inside the
12-acre ashram as a human shield to Rampal,
were evacuated.
The security personnel had halted the
operation last evening to enable to come out.
Baba Rampal arrested from Satlok Ashram in Hisar
