Sheela was extradited from West Germany and imprisoned for attempted murder , assault , wiretapping , arson , immigration fraud , and her role in infecting the salad bars of several restaurants in The Dalles ( the county seat of Wasco County ) with salmonella , infecting 751 people ( including several Wasco County public officials ) , and resulting in the hospitalization of 45 people . Known as the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack , the incident is regarded as the largest biological warfare attack in the history of the United States . These criminal activities had , according to the Office of the Attorney General , begun in the spring of 1984 , three years after the establishment of the commune . Rajneesh himself was accused of immigration violations , to which he entered an Alford plea . As part of his plea bargain , he agreed to leave the United States and eventually returned to Poona , India . His followers left Oregon shortly afterwards
1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
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