At a press conference in September 1985 , Rajneesh accused several of his followers of participation in this and other crimes , including an aborted plan in 1985 to assassinate a United States Attorney , and he asked state and federal authorities to investigate . Oregon Attorney General David B. Frohnmayer set up an interagency task force , composed of Oregon State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation , and executed search warrants in Rajneeshpuram . A sample of bacteria matching the contaminant that had sickened the town residents was found in a Rajneeshpuram medical laboratory . Two leading Rajneeshpuram officials were convicted on charges of attempted murder and served 29 months of 20-year sentences in a minimum-security federal prison
aborted plan
1985 Rajneeshee assassination plot
1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack