Police on Friday started questioning self-styled godman Sant Rampal after he was arrested at his ashram with more than 400 followers following a 10-day deadly standoff.
Rampal was sent to a five-day police custody on Thursday.
Police have filed criminal charges against him and his supporters over the stand-off that left six people dead and about 200 others injured.
Rampal and 38 others have been charged with murder and other offences after a clash between his supporters and another group killed one person in July 2006. He was freed on bail, which was cancelled after his followers entered a courtroom and threatened lawyers in July.
Since 2010, Rampal, a former engineer, has ignored 43 court summonses, seeking exemptions each time. The court set a final deadline for him to appear in court on Monday, which he ignored.
(Sant Rampal in prisoner's cell at Sector 5 police station before he was taken by police to produce before Punjab & Haryana High Court in Chandigarh on November 20, 2014. Photo: Akhilesh Kumar)
