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On 6 June 1993, four armed individuals intruded into [[Prashanthi Nilayam]], [[Sathya Sai Baba]]'s main [[ashram]].<ref name=bbcd>BBC Documentary. Secret Swami</ref><ref name=Ruhela>Ruhela, Satya Pal (1997), Sri Sathya Sai Baba and the Press, 1972-1996, M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd., {{ISBN|978-81-7533-041-2}}, pp. 106–107</ref> Sai Baba was unharmed during the incident.<ref name=bbcd/><ref name=Ruhela/>

Mr. Indulal Shah, chief functionary of the [[Sathya Sai Central Trust]] was quoted in the press as stating "the matter is purely internal and we do not wish to have any law enforcement agency investigating into it."<ref>[[The Hindu]], 10-6-1993</ref> However, it is currently unknown whether the murdered men were targets or assailants.{{fact|date=May 2019}}

==Intruder incident analysis==
The incident was widely published in the Indian press. In the [[BBC]] [[documentary]] it was stated that "some police officers were arrested but were never charged and that the case was eventually dropped."<ref name=bbcd/> The police version claimed that the assailants charged at the police with daggers and were all shot dead. A [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] report stated that the official police report was riddled with lies and inconsistencies.<ref name=bbcd/> V.P.B. Nair (Former Secretary to the Home Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]) also opined that the official police report contained inconsistencies.<ref name=bbcd/> 

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