London: Police in India have arrested Honeypreet Insan, the adopted daughter of controversial guru Ram Rahim Singh, reports BBC.

Honeypreet Insan was among those accused of inciting violence in which 38 people were killed in Panchkula in Haryana state where the guru was convicted of rape in August.

Police say she had been on the run ever since Singh's arrest. Hours before her arrest, she told a TV channel that she was "devastated" by allegations she had incited violence.

"Was I present with the arsonists? How are they levelling such allegations," she asked.

Honeypreet Insan, whose real name is Priyanka Taneja, denied reports that she had ever left the country or that her adopted father had sexually abused her.

She said her "Papa" - Singh - was innocent and that his conviction for rape had left her "depressed".