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Indian police have arrested a controversial guru a day after pitched battles with his supporters left at least six people dead.</div>
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The self-styled guru, known as Rampal, is wanted in connection with a 2006 murder case and for contempt of court.</div>
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His supporters threw stones and opened fire when police tried to raid his ashram in the northern state of Haryana.</div>
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The bodies of four women and a child were subsequently found at the site.</div>
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A fifth woman, aged 20, died at a local hospital after leaving the ashram.</div>
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The causes of their deaths have not been revealed. Police say the bodies did not "bear any injuries".</div>
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The guru was led out of the complex in an ambulance late on Wednesday, as dozens of local villagers cheered the police.</div>
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He has been taken to the state capital, Chandigarh, a senior police official told the BBC. He is likely to appear in court on Thursday.</div>
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<img alt="Indian police personnel gather some two kilometres from the ashram of self-styled "godman" Rampal Maharaj in Hisar, some 175 kilometres (108 miles) north of New Delhi on November 19, 2014" height="351" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/79121000/jpg/_79121779_79117980.jpg" style="-webkit-user-select: none; border: 0px; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; position: relative;" width="624" /><span style="display: block; width: 624px;">Police are present in force but there has been no violence on Wednesday</span></div>
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<img alt="Indian police use water cannon to scatter supporters of self-styled guru Baba Rampal during an attempt to storm Rampal"s compound, Hisar, Haryana, India, 18 November 2014. " height="351" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/79117000/jpg/_79117942_79117940.jpg" style="-webkit-user-select: none; border: 0px; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; position: relative;" width="624" /><span style="display: block; width: 624px;">Police used water cannon to try and disperse the guru's supporters on Tuesday</span></div>
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<img alt="Indian medical staff care for an injured supporter of "Godman" Rampal Maharaj at a hospital in Hisar, some 175 kilometres (108 miles) north of New Delhi on November 18, 2014" height="351" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/79117000/jpg/_79117945_79117943.jpg" style="-webkit-user-select: none; border: 0px; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; position: relative;" width="624" /><span style="display: block; width: 624px;">Hundreds of people were injured in the clashes</span></div>
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A week-long stand-off at the Satlok Ashram - some 170km (105 miles) north-east of Delhi - escalated on Tuesday as police moved in to arrest Rampal.</div>
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Police fired tear gas and water cannon, and used bulldozers to try to break into the sprawling complex, while ashram members threw stones and other missiles and opened fire.</div>
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Hundreds of people were hurt in the operation.</div>
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Police accuse the guru's armed devotees of holding people hostage, and using women and children as human shields.</div>
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At least 270 people have been arrested in connection with Tuesday's clashes and charged with rioting, illegal detention, attempt to murder and waging war against the state.</div>
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The authorities also cut off power and water supplies to the site.</div>
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Mani Ram, a devotee who managed to escape, told the Indian Express newspaper that ashram authorities had prevented them from leaving for two days, insisting police would kill them if they went outside.</div>
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Rampal is accused of involvement in a murder case dating from 2006 in which a man died in a clash at another of his ashrams.</div>
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He denied the allegations and was released on bail. The authorities ordered his arrest on contempt charges after he repeatedly failed to appear in court.</div>
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The Punjab and Haryana High Court had set a final deadline for Rampal to appear in court on Monday in the contempt case.</div>
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Rampal ignored the summons and his lawyers said he was too ill to make the 250km (155-mile) journey to the court in Chandigarh, which serves as the capital of both states.</div>
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The judges criticised the government, saying they "lacked the will" to arrest the guru and said he must be in court by Friday.</div>
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Many people visit the guru, believing he can cure illnesses.</div>
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Indian Guru Rampal arrested after deadly ashram clashes

Indian police have arrested a controversial guru a day after pitched battles with his supporters left at least six people dead. The self...