The Haryana Police have fortified Hisar with deployment of 1800 policemen and checking of every vehicle entering the town, a day ahead of the court verdict in two murder cases against self-titled godman, Sant Rampal. Rampal, who has a huge group of followers, is currently lodged at Hisar’s Central Jail-2. He was arrested in November 2014 after two-week long stand-off between his followers and the police which had left six dead and several others injured. Hisar SP Shiv Charan Attri said that a special court would be held inside the jail — Hisar’s Central Jail-1 — to pronounce the judgment via video conference on Thursday. He said that more than 1800 policemen had been deployed in the town. A flag march was also conducted in the town today. The police are checking every vehicle entering to the town fearing that Rampal’s followers might try to enter Hisar, to prevent a repeat of the events in Panchkula in August 2017 after the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. As many as 48 check posts have been installed by the police in the town to prevent entry of anti-social elements apart from imposing prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC . The management of Rampal’s Satlok Ashram made it clear that they have asked their followers not to go to the town on Thursday.