The sister of controversial 'godman' Rampal and four others, including two women, have been arrested in Hisar in connection with the standoff between the preacher's followers and the police last month during which five women and a child were killed, police said on Monday.
Rampal's sister Rajkala and her two companions Savitri and Poonam were arrested when they came to meet the Rampal who is in judicial lock-up in Hisar. The three women were produced before a court which has sent them to judicial custody.
The other two - Ramphal and Deshraj - were arrested after they were found roaming around the jail premises. The names of those arrested figured in the FIRs registered against Rampal. The charges against them include unlawful assembly and sedition.
Police claimed Rajkala had confined women and children in the ashram at the instance of Rampal to foil the police operation at Barwala.
The 63-year-old Rampal was arrested on November 19 after a two-week tense standoff between his supporters and the police after close to 15,000 of his followers were evacuated from the sprawling premises.