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Controversial Guru Rampal Sent to Jail Till November 28

Controversial guru Rampal has been sent to jail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court till November 28, when a contempt case against him will be heard again. The 63-year-old self-styled godman was arrested from his ashram in Hisar last night after a two-week stand-off with the police.

  • Controversial guru Rampal has been sent to jail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court till November 28, when a contempt case against him will be heard again. The 63-year-old self-styled godman was arrested from his ashram in Hisar last night after a two-week stand-off with the police.
    Controversial guru Rampal has been sent to jail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court till November 28, when a contempt case against him will be heard again. The 63-year-old self-styled godman was arrested from his ashram in Hisar last night after a two-week stand-off with the police.
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  • Rampal was taken to the Panchkula Civil Hospital in an ambulance after his arrest where his vital parameters were checked.
    Rampal was taken to the Panchkula Civil Hospital in an ambulance after his arrest where his vital parameters were checked.
  • Doctors who conducted the test said his blood pressure and ECG were normal.
    Doctors who conducted the test said his blood pressure and ECG were normal.
  • He was then moved to a police station in Panchkula where he spent the morning in a lock up.
    He was then moved to a police station in Panchkula where he spent the morning in a lock up.
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  • After his bail in a 2006 case was cancelled, the police produced him before a bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.</br></br><b>In this photo</b>Rampal being taken to court by the police.
    After his bail in a 2006 case was cancelled, the police produced him before a bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

    In this photoRampal being taken to court by the police.
  • Rampal told the media that all allegations levelled against him are baseless.
    Rampal told the media that all allegations levelled against him are baseless.
  • He said he regrets the death of six of his followers, but stressed that he did not use his devotees as a human shield in a lengthy and violent stand-off with the police at the ashram.
    He said he regrets the death of six of his followers, but stressed that he did not use his devotees as a human shield in a lengthy and violent stand-off with the police at the ashram.
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  • Police believe around 2,000 followers of Rampal are still inside his Hisar ashram and officers are using loud-speakers to urge them to come out.
    Police believe around 2,000 followers of Rampal are still inside his Hisar ashram and officers are using loud-speakers to urge them to come out.
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