Around 1000 Rampal supporters stage protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar

Scores of supporters of self-styled godman Rampal today staged a demonstration here demanding withdrawal of police from outside his ashram in Hisar claiming the allegations against him are false. The protesters also claimed Rampal was "unwell" and was being treated at an "undisclosed location".

Police barricaded the entire stretch where around 1000 protesters were staging the demonstration at Jantar Mantar. "The police atrocities at the ashram in Hisar should be stopped and police withdrawn. The allegations against Rampal are false and the warrants issued against him should be revoked," said a protester.

Earlier in the afternoon, several persons, including security and media personnel, were injured as clashes erupted at the Hisar ashram of Rampal with police lobbing teargas shells and using batons to disperse his supporters who allegedly fired back.

The protesters at Jantar Mantar saw the visuals of the police action in Hisar on tablets and their smartphones and condemned the police "atrocities". "The police atrocities on our people should be stopped at once and they should be withdrawn," he said. 

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