Outside the ashram of a self-styled godman in Haryana's Hisar, thousands of his followers are ranged against Swat commandos who are waiting to swoop in. The man at the heart of the confrontation, "Rampal Maharaj", failed to appear before the Punjab and Haryana High Court today. The court has issued a fresh warrant for his arrest - the third in two weeks. The police are reportedly preparing for a possible assault to force Rampal out of his "Satlok Ashram" at Barwala Town.
