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Police search Indian guru's ashram after arrest
Indian police on Friday searched the sprawling ashram of a guru who was arrested on suspicion of murder and criminal conspiracy after a deadly siege at his fortress-like compound
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ndian police on Friday searched the sprawling ashram ofa guru who was arrested on suspicion of murder and criminal conspiracy after adeadly siege at his fortress-like compound.
Sant Rampal, a 63-year-old former engineer, had ignored orders to appear in court for questioning in a 2006 murder case. But when police moved in to arrest him Tuesday, they clashed with thousands of devotees who were packed inside his heavily fortified ashram in northern India.
His supporters said he was too ill to make the 250-kilometer (155-mile) journey from his ashram to the court in Chandigarh, the Haryana state capital.
Some of his followers were armed with rocks, guns and small bags of acid, according to police. By the time of his arrest Wednesday, he faced additional charges related to the siege, including murder, sedition and criminal conspiracy.
