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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{short description|Indian-born Swiss (born 1949)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox criminal&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Ma Anand Sheela&lt;br /&gt;
| image =David Woodard, Ma Anand Sheela and Christian Kracht reading at Cabaret Voltaire at Zürich.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
| caption = [[David Woodard]], Ma Anand Sheela and [[Christian Kracht]] in 2008&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|12|28|df=yes}}&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place = [[Vadodara|Baroda]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_name = Sheela Ambalal Patel&lt;br /&gt;
| title = Personal Secretary to [[Rajneesh|Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh]]&lt;br /&gt;
| term = 1981–1985&lt;br /&gt;
| movement = [[Rajneesh movement|Rajneesh]] (Osho)&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality = India, United States, Switzerland&lt;br /&gt;
| known_for = [[1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack]]&lt;br /&gt;
| other_names = Sheela Silverman, Sheela Birnstiel&lt;br /&gt;
| charge = Attempted Murder&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Second-degree assault&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Illegal wire-tapping&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Arson&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Immigration fraud&lt;br /&gt;
| penalty = 20 years&amp;#039; prison&lt;br /&gt;
| conviction_status = Sentence served&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ma Anand Sheela&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (born 28 December 1949 as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sheela Ambalal Patel&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; in India, also known as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sheela Birnstiel&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Patel&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; is an Indian-born Swiss who was the spokeswoman of the [[Rajneesh movement]] (aka Osho movement). In 1986, she pleaded guilty to attempted murder and assault for her role in the [[1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack]].&lt;br /&gt;
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As the  secretary of [[Rajneesh|Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh]] from 1981 through 1985, she managed the [[Rajneeshpuram]] [[ashram]] in [[Wasco County, Oregon]], [[United States]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|last1=FitzGerald|first1=Frances|title=Il-Rajneeshpuram|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1986/09/29/ii-rajneeshpuram|access-date=3 April 2018|issue=September 29, 1986 Issue|work=The New Yorker|date=29 September 1986}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In 1986, she pleaded guilty to attempted murder and assault for her role in the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kahn41&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; She was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison and [[paroled]] after 39 months.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Wild Wild Country: What happened to Sheela? BBC Stories&lt;br /&gt;
|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsRgwDRaQkE&amp;amp;t=172}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Sheela later moved to [[Switzerland]], where she married, and purchased two [[Nursing home care|nursing homes]]. In 1999, she was convicted by a Swiss court of &amp;quot;criminal acts preparatory to the commission of murder&amp;quot; in relation to a plot to kill US federal prosecutor [[Charles H. Turner (attorney)|Charles Turner]] in 1985.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[David Berry Knapp]], aka Swami Krishna Deva, former mayor of Rajneeshpuram, told the FBI in his testimony that “Sheela told him during a trip to India which they took in 1985, that she had injected her first husband [Marc Harris Silverman] with an injection that caused his death.”&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=The Most Shocking Reveals from the Sex Cults FBI Informants|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/wild-wild-country-the-most-shocking-reveals-from-the-sex-cults-fbi-informant}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; After prison, Sheela married Urs Birnstiel, a Swiss citizen, who died of AIDS shortly after their marriage.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=Tough Titties The Fall and Rise of a Controversial Woman of the 80s|url=https://thewest.com.au/news/australia/tough-titties-the-fall-and-rise-of-a-controversial-woman-of-the-80s-ng-ya-116927}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Early life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Sheela was born Sheela Ambalal Patel in 1949 at [[Vadodara|Baroda]], in [[Gujarat State|Gujarat State, India]], the youngest of six children of the [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] couple Ambalal and Maniben Patel.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Patel&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; At age 18, she moved to the United States and attended [[Montclair State College]] in New Jersey.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;NYT160981&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |first= William E. |last= Geist|title=Cult in castle troubling Montclair|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/16/nyregion/cult-in-castle-troubling-montclair.html?&amp;amp;pagewanted=all|work=[[The New York Times]] |date=16 September 1981 |access-date=17 December 2009 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;clark&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://wweek.com/story.php?story=5721 |title=The Red Menace |last=Clark |first=Taylor |date=16 December 2007 |work=[[Willamette Week]] |publisher=City of Roses Newspapers |location=[[Portland, Oregon]] |access-date=10 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929120439/https://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=5721 |archive-date=29 September 2007 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Adult life ==&lt;br /&gt;
Sheela married Marc Harris Silverman, an American from [[Highland Park, Illinois]],&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;LFC47&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#Carter|Carter 1990]], p. 47.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news | last =Petacque | first =Art | author-link=Art Petacque | title =Local lawyers help reel in cult fugitive | work =[[Chicago Sun-Times]] | page =16 | publisher =Chicago Sun-Times, Inc. | date =20 January 1986 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and took the name &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sheela P. Silverman&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;McCann152&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#McCann|McCann 2006]], p. 152.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She moved to India in 1972 to pursue spiritual studies with her husband. They became disciples of the Indian guru [[Rajneesh]] and Sheela took the name Ma Anand Sheela.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Patel&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|work=[[The Oregonian]]|date=7 June 1985|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/rajneesh/index.ssf/1985/07/sheela_uses_words_as_weapons_i.html |title=Sheela uses words as weapons in bid to serve Rajneesh (part 8 of 20)|publisher=Oregon Live|access-date=8 July 2011}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;LFC277&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#Carter|Carter 1990]], p. 277.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; After her husband died, Sheela married a fellow Rajneesh follower, John Shelfer.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;LFC277&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Career ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Rajneesh movement ===&lt;br /&gt;
In 1981, Rajneesh appointed her as his personal assistant. In the same year, she convinced Rajneesh to leave India and establish an [[ashram]] in the United States.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Carus51&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#Carus|Carus 2002]], p. 51.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Tucker116&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#Tucker|Tucker 2000]], p. 116.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In July 1981, Rajneesh Foundation International purchased the {{convert|64000|acre|km2|adj=on}} Big Muddy Ranch in [[Wasco County, Oregon]], which became the site for the development of the [[Rajneeshpuram]] commune.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Carus51&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;OHS&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#OHS|Oregon Historical Society, 2002]]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  She was appointed the president of Rajneesh Foundation International,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Carus51&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; managed the commune and met daily with Rajneesh to discuss business matters.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Carus51&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Tucker119&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#Tucker|Tucker 2000]], p. 119.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;McCann153&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#McCann|McCann 2006]], p. 153.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; According to Sheela, Rajneesh was complicit in and directed her involvement in criminal acts she and a group of Rajneeshees committed later.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Wellman171&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#Wellman|Wellman 2007]], p. 171.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Crimes ===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack}}&lt;br /&gt;
By 1984, the ashram was coming into increasing conflict with local residents and the county commission (Wasco County Court).&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;LFC124195237&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#Carter|Carter 1990]], pp. 124, 165, 195, 237.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Sheela attempted to influence the Wasco County Court&amp;#039;s November election and capture the two open seats&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Carus52&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#Carus|Carus 2002]], p. 52.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Tucker123&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#Tucker|Tucker 2000]], p. 123.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; by bussing in hundreds of homeless people from within Oregon as well as outside, and registering them as county voters.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Carus51&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; Later, when that effort failed,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[[#Carter|Carter 1990]], p. 195.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;McCann154&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#McCann|McCann 2006]], p. 154.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Sheela conspired, in 1984, to use &amp;quot;bacteria and other methods to make people ill&amp;quot; and prevent them from voting.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Carus53&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#Carus|Carus 2002]], p. 53.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;McIsaac25&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#McIsaac|McIsaac 2006]], p. 25.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; As a result, the salad bars at ten local restaurants (in The Dalles, Oregon, U.S).were infected with [[salmonella]] and about 750 people became ill.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kahn41&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#Kahn|Kahn 2009]], p. 41.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Carus52&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name = Guardian /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Goldwag&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#Goldwag|Goldwag 2009]], p. 44.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On September 13, 1985, Sheela fled to Europe.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;OHS&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;McPheters152&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#McPheters|McPheters]], p. 152.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; A few days later Rajneesh &amp;quot;accused her of arson, wiretapping, attempted murder, and mass poisonings.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;OHS&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; He also asserted that Sheela had written the book titled &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Rajneeshism&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and published it under his name.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Collins118&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#Collins|Collins 2002]], p. 118.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Subsequently, Sheela&amp;#039;s robes and 5,000 copies of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Book of Rajneeshism&amp;#039;&amp;#039; were burned in a bonfire at the ashram.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Collins118&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; The book, published in 1983, included edited excerpts from Rajneesh&amp;#039;s lectures. It lists no other author on its title page; its editor is given as &amp;quot;Academy of Rajneeshism.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|title = Rajneeshism: An Introduction to Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and His Religion|date = June 1983|publisher = Rajneesh Foundation International|isbn = 0-88050-699-7|editor = Academy of Rajneeshism}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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After US authorities searching her home found wire-tapping networks and a laboratory in which the bacteria used in the attack had been grown,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;OHS&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; Sheela was arrested in [[West Germany]] in October 1986. She was extradited to the US in February on charges of immigration fraud&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Kusnher307&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#Kushner|Kushner 2002]], p. 307&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and attempted murder.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Guardian&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Sect women gaoled for attempt to kill doctor: Former aide to Indian guru Rajneesh jailed in US for poisoning |last=Reed |first=Christopher |date=24 July 1986 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;NYT&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Judge Refuses Bail For Guru&amp;#039;s Ex-Secretary |date=15 February 1986 |work=[[The New York Times]]|page=6 (Section 1)}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The [[Oregon Attorney General]] prosecuted for crimes related to the poisoning of Commissioner Matthew and Judge Hulse&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Tucker136&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#Tucker|Tucker 2000]], p. 136.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; while the US Attorney prosecuted crimes related to the restaurant poisonings.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Tucker136&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; Sheela pleaded guilty on 22 July 1986 to first-degree assault and conspiracy to commit assault against Hulse&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Tucker136&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; and later to second-degree assault and conspiracy to commit assault against Matthew.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Tucker136&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; She pleaded guilty to setting fire to a county office and wire-tapping at the commune. For these crimes, Sheela was sentenced to three 20-year terms in federal prison,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;McIsaac26&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#McIsaac|McIsaac 2006]], p. 26.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; to be served concurrently. In addition she was fined $470,000.&amp;lt;ref name = Guardian /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Tucker136&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Miller32&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#Miller|Miller 2002]], p. 32.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Sheela was sent to the [[Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin|Federal Correctional Institution]] in [[Dublin, California]], for female criminals.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Miller32&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; While there, she announced plans to make a &amp;quot;controversial documentary&amp;quot; about her life.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;SMH&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Colourful Cult Ambitions |last=Dennis |first=Anthony |date=20 June 1988 |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |page=28}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In December 1988, she was released on good behavior after serving 39 months of her 20-year sentence, and moved to Switzerland.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;senior&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Carter237&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#Carter|Carter 1990]], p. 237.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Miller337&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:David Woodard, Ma Anand Sheela and Christian Kracht reading at Cabaret Voltaire at Zürich.jpg|thumb|250px|Sheela (center) at Cabaret Voltaire, 2008|right]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Later life ==&lt;br /&gt;
Sheela married Swiss citizen Urs Birnstiel, a fellow Rajneesh follower.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dipo&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|work=[[The Oregonian]]|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/rajneesh/index.ssf/federal_prosecutions_of_rajnee.html |title=Rajneeshee Prosecutions|publisher=Oregon Live|access-date=18 July 2011}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She moved to [[Maisprach]], Switzerland, where she bought and managed two nursing homes.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;senior&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news | last =Senior | first =Jeanie |author2=Dave Hogan  | title = Indian guru follower Anand Sheela arrested after German TV show: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh&amp;#039;s former spokeswoman is freed because a Swiss court already convicted her in 1999 | work =[[The Oregonian]] | date =22 January 2000 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Miller337&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[#Miller|Miller 2002]], p. 337.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1999, she was convicted by a Swiss court for &amp;quot;criminal acts preparatory to the commission of murder&amp;quot;, in relation to a plot to kill US federal prosecutor [[Charles H. Turner (attorney)|Charles Turner]] in 1985. The Swiss government refused to extradite her to the US but agreed to try her in Switzerland. She was found guilty of the equivalent Swiss charge and  was sentenced to time served.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;The Oregonian&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://culteducation.com/group/1108-osho-rajneesh/17626-indian-guru-follower-anand-sheela-arrested-after-german-tv-show.html |title=Indian guru follower Anand Sheela arrested after German TV show |last=Senior |first=Jeanie |date=January 22, 2000 |work=The Oregonian |access-date=April 1, 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2008, Sheela collaborated with [[David Woodard]] and [[Christian Kracht]] on an art exhibition at [[Cabaret Voltaire (Zurich)|Cabaret Voltaire]], the building in [[Zürich]] which in 1916 served as the birthplace of the [[Dada]] movement.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222313/http://www.cabaretvoltaire.ch/haus/archiv/archiveintrag/dreamachine-david-woodard-sheila-birnstiel-christian-kracht-2008.html &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Dreamachine: David Woodard, Sheela Birnstiel, Christian Kracht&amp;#039;&amp;#039;], May 2 - August 24, 2008.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Paunić, N., [https://www.widewalls.ch/cabaret-voltaire-zurich-seeking-13-million-dollars/ Cabaret Voltaire Securing its Future], Widewalls, February 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Bronner, S., &amp;amp; Weyand, B., &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Christian Krachts Weltliteratur: Eine Topographie&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ([[Berlin]] &amp;amp; [[Boston]]: [[Walter de Gruyter|De Gruyter]], 2018), [https://books.google.com/books?id=9oJyDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PT201 p. 201].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rp|201}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2018, the documentary &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Wild Wild Country]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was released, which includes interviews with Sheela.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web| url = https://www.metacritic.com/tv/wild-wild-country/critic-reviews| title = Wild Wild Country, critics&amp;#039; reviews| date = March 20, 2018| access-date = May 18, 2020| website = metactic.com}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; On July 20, 2018, &amp;#039;BBC Stories&amp;#039; YouTube channel published a video called &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Wild Wild Country: What happened to Sheela?&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{youtube|id=WsRgwDRaQkE|title=Wild Wild Country: What happened to Sheela?}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On 29 September 2019, Sheela was interviewed by [[Karan Johar]] in Delhi.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|author=Krishna Priya Pallavi |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/celebrity/story/karan-johar-interviews-ma-anand-sheela-she-is-controversial-without-revealing-a-thing-1604645-2019-09-30 |title=Karan Johar interviews Ma Anand Sheela: She is controversial without revealing a thing - Lifestyle News |publisher=Indiatoday.in |date=2019-09-30 |access-date=2020-05-18}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In February 2020, it was announced that [[Priyanka Chopra]] will star as Sheela in [[Amazon Studios]] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sheela&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, a feature film adaptation of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Wild Wild Country&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|date=2020-02-20|title=Priyanka Chopra Jonas to Play Ma Anand Sheela in Amazon Movie &amp;#039;Sheela&amp;#039;|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/priyanka-chopra-jonas-play-ma-anand-sheela-amazon-movie-1280224|access-date=2021-04-14|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|date=2019-02-01|title=Priyanka Chopra to star in feature film adaptation of Netflix&amp;#039;s Wild Wild Country|url=https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2019/02/priyanka-chopra-to-star-in-feature-film-adaptation-of-netflixs-wild-wild-country/|access-date=2021-04-14|website=Flickering Myth|language=en-US}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It was also reported that Sheela did not want the actress to play her role onscreen and sent the actress a notice, demanding her to abort the project.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|last1=MumbaiApril 22|first1=Vibha Maru|last2=April 22|first2=2021UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2021 14:35|title=When Ma Anand Sheela sent legal notice to stop Priyanka Chopra from playing her role in biopic|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/when-ma-anand-sheela-sent-legal-notice-to-stop-priyanka-chopra-from-playing-her-role-in-biopic-1793837-2021-04-22|access-date=2021-05-15|website=India Today|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In April 2021, a documentary film titled &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Searching for Sheela]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was released on Netflix. The film, produced by Johar, followed her first trip to India after 35 years.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/searching-for-sheela-movie-review-ma-anand-sheela-gets-dharma-treatment-in-netflix-s-directorless-documentary-101618976588571.html|title=Searching for Sheela movie review: Ma Anand Sheela gets Dharma treatment in Netflix&amp;#039;s directorless documentary|last=Naahar|first=Rohan|work=Hindustan Times|date=22 April 2021|accessdate=25 April 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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== Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
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* {{cite book |last=Carter |first=Lewis F. |title=Charisma and Control in Rajneeshpuram |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |location=Cambridge |year=1990 |isbn=0-521-38554-7|ref=Carter}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book| last =Carus  | first =W. Seth | title =Bioterrorism and Biocrimes: The Illicit Use of Biological Agents Since 1900  | publisher = Fredonia Books  | year =  2002| isbn = 1-4101-0023-5|ref=Carus}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{citation  | last = Collins  | first = Catherine Ann  | contribution = Chapter Nine: Ma Anand Sheela: Media Power through Radical Discourse   | title =Postmodern Political Communication: The Fringe Challenges the Center  | editor-last = King  | editor-first = Andrew   | pages = 115–131  | publisher = Praeger Publishers|year=1992  | isbn =0-275-93840-9 |ref=Collins}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book  | last =Goldwag  | first =Arthur  | title =Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies  | publisher =Vintage  | year =2009  | isbn =978-0-307-39067-7  | ref =Goldwag  | url =https://archive.org/details/cultsconspiracie00gold  }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book| last =Kahn  | first =Laura | title =Who&amp;#039;s in Charge?: Leadership during Epidemics, Bioterror Attacks, and Other Public Health Crises   | publisher =Praeger  | year =2009  | isbn =978-0-275-99485-3|ref=Kahn}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book|last=Kushner|first=Harvey W.|title=Encyclopedia of Terrorism|year=2002|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-2408-1|ref=Kushner|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780761924081}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book | last = Lacquer | first = Walter | author-link = Walter Lacquer | title = The New Terrorism: Fanaticism and the Arms of Mass Destruction | publisher = [[Oxford University Press, USA]] | year = 2000 | isbn = 0-19-514064-8 | ref = Lacquer | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/newterrorism00walt }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book| last =Lalich  | first = Janja | author-link = Janja Lalich | title =Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults  | publisher = University of California Press | year =  2004| isbn = 0-520-24018-9|ref=Lalich}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book| last = Lax | first = Alistair J.  | title =Toxin: The Cunning of Bacterial Poisons  | publisher =[[Oxford University Press, USA]]  | year =2005  | isbn = 0-19-860558-7|ref=Lax}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book | last = McCann | first = Joseph T. | title = Terrorism on American Soil: A Concise History of Plots and Perpetrators from the Famous to the Forgotten | publisher = Sentient Publications | year = 2006 | isbn = 1-59181-049-3 | ref = McCann | url = https://archive.org/details/terrorismonameri00jose }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book| last =McIsaac  | first =Joseph H. | title = Hospital Preparation for Bioterror: A Medical and Biomedical Systems Approach | publisher = Academic Press | year = 2006 |isbn =0-12-088440-2 |ref=McIsaac}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book| last = McPheters | first = Mike | title =  Agent Bishop| publisher =Cedar Fort  | year =2009  | pages = 142–156|chapter=The Rajneesh Experiment| isbn= 978-1-59955-317-7 |ref=McPheters}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book| last =Miller  | first = Judith | author-link =Judith Miller (journalist)  |author2=Stephen Engelberg | author3-link = William J. Broad |author3=William J. Broad  | title =Germs: Biological Weapons and America&amp;#039;s Secret War  | publisher =[[Simon &amp;amp; Schuster]]  | year = 2002 | isbn =0-684-87159-9 |ref=Miller| title-link = Germs: Biological Weapons and America&amp;#039;s Secret War }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book| last =Mullan| first = Von Bob |  title =Life as laughter: following Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh  | publisher =[[Routledge]]  | year = 1983 | isbn =978-0-7102-0043-3|ref=Mullan}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite web |url=https://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/historical_records/dspDocument.cfm?doc_ID=452B9942-1C23-B9D3-68ABFC4C434B91C1 |title=Ma Anand Sheela (b. 1950) |work=The Oregon History Project|last=Oregon Historical Society|publisher= www.ohs.org| access-date =17 December 2009  | year = 2002|ref=OHS}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book| last =Tucker  | first =Jonathan B.  | author-link =Jonathan B. Tucker | title =Toxic Terror: Assessing Terrorist Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons  | publisher =[[The MIT Press]]  | year = 2000 | isbn =0-262-70071-9 |ref=Tucker}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book| last =Wellman  | first = James K.| title =Belief and Bloodshed: Religion and Violence across Time and Tradition   | publisher =Rowman &amp;amp; Littlefield Publishers, Inc.  | year = 2007   | isbn =978-0-7425-5824-3 |ref=Wellman}}&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Further reading ===&lt;br /&gt;
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* {{Citation  | last = Collins  | first = Catherine Ann  | contribution = Chapter Nine: Ma Anand Sheela: Media Power through Radical Discourse   | title =Postmodern Political Communication: The Fringe Challenges the Center  | editor-last = King  | editor-first = Andrew   | pages = 115–131  | publisher = Praeger Publishers|year=1992  | isbn =0-275-93840-9 }}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite news| last =The Oregonian staff   | title =Sheela: A Chronology  | work = [[The Oregonian]] | publisher = Oregonian Publishing Co. | page =E06  | date =14 December 1988}}&lt;br /&gt;
* O&amp;#039;Brien, Paula (2008) [https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/2473/1/O%27Brien_2008.pdf The Rajneesh sannyasin community in Fremantle] Master&amp;#039;s degree thesis at [[Murdoch University]]&lt;br /&gt;
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* {{YouTube|3cDgOf2Om28|Video on the history of Rajneeshpuram}}&lt;br /&gt;
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