4:3 Controversial religious leader arrested at his ashram, ending standoff in which 6 people died

Описание: (20 Nov 2014) Indian police have arrested a controversial religious leader at his sprawling ashram in the northern part of the country, ending a days-long standoff in which six people died and hundreds were injured.
Jawahar Yadav, a Haryana state government spokesman, said police had arrested Sant Rampal and taken him away in an ambulance.
No violence or confrontation took place between his supporters and the police at the time of his arrest, Yadav told reporters.
Nearly 15,000 of his supporters were evacuated from the ashram before he was taken into custody, Yadav said.
The self-styled guru was taken to Chandigarh, the state capital, where he was to appear before a court on Friday.
The 63-year-old Hindu guru is wanted for questioning in a 2006 murder case, but has repeatedly ignored orders to appear in court.
Police have also filed fresh charges against him and some of his supporters, including sedition, murder, criminal conspiracy and detaining people illegally in his fortress, he said.
More than 400 people were arrested after Tuesday's violence, Yadav said.
Riot police tried to storm the ashram in Haryana state on Tuesday, but Rampal's followers, some of them using guns, rocks and batons, fought them off, authorities said.
About 200 people were injured, including security forces.
On Wednesday, the guru's followers handed over to police the bodies of four women who apparently died inside the 12-acre (5-hectare) complex, about 175 kilometres (110 miles) from New Delhi.
Earlier in the day, a woman and an 18-month-old child died in a hospital after leaving the ashram.
The circumstances of the deaths were not clear and autopsies were being conducted.

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