By Sugam Pokharel, Harmeet Shah Singh and Jethro Mullen, CNN

updated 2:49 PM EST, Wed November 19, 2014

Debris is strewn around Rampal Maharaj's ashram. Police clashes with the guru's supporters as they tried to arrest him.

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New Delhi (CNN) -- Police on Wednesday arrested an Indian guru after clashing, sometimes violently, with his supporters over the last 10 days.

Also on Wednesday, his followers turned over six bodies that authorities believe died of illness.

The spiritual leader, Rampal Maharaj, was arrested by Indian police without resistance from his followers, said regional administrative commissioner M.L. Kaushik.

Police had surrounded the ashram and ordered its evacuation, cutting off the water and electricity, and warned they wouldn't leave until they had arrested Rampal.

His supporters clashed Tuesday with police officers who were trying to storm the sprawling ashram -- a kind of religious compound -- to take the guru into custody, according to Kaushik.

Tensions between police and the guru's supporters started some 10 days ago when the followers didn't let officers arrest him, the commissioner said. The situation began to escalate, culminating in the full-blown clashes.

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