caption conviction_status birth_name birth_place alias conviction_penalty birth_date image article_title name occupation
booking photo paroled in 1988 sheela ambalal patel baroda , india sheela silverman , sheela birnstiel 20 -lrb- first degree assault -rrb- , 10 years -lrb- second years degree assault -rrb- , 4.5 years -lrb- product tampering -rrb- -lrb- , 4.5 years -lrb- wiretapping conspiracy -rrb- , five years attempted probation -lrb- immigration fraud -rrb- murder -rrb- , 20 years 28 december 1949 sheela mugshot.jpg ma anand sheela
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ma anand sheela

ma anand sheela -lrb- ; born as sheela ambalal patel on 28 december 1949 in india is also known as sheela silverman and sheela birnstiel .
she is the former chief assistant for the indian mystic rajneesh .
from 1981 through 1985 , she managed the rajneeshpuram ashram in wasco county , oregon .
in 1985 sheela pleaded guilty to attempted murder , assault , telephone tapping , immigration fraud , and product tampering for her role in the 1984 rajneeshee bioterror attack .
she was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison and paroled after 29 months .
sheela moved to switzerland , where she married and purchased two nursing homes .
