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Friday October 2, 2009
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Although federal prosecutors will not pursue charges in connection to alleged threats against residents by a secretive group near Shawano, Wisconsin, no one has given those named on the “implied threat” list the all clear.Meanwhile the groups is is no longer under the protection of Federal Bankruptcy Court. [video]
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Thursday February 12, 2009
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More than three months after police announced they had a person of interest in custody for making threats against 60 Shawano-area residents, investigators have offered little about their efforts to solve the case.Meanwhile the Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology is facing growing financial problems. [video]
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Thursday December 18, 2008
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A small town in Wisconsin is rattled by a supposed hit list allegedly sent by someone associated with a secretive group SIST.
For 30-plus years the group has been led by a man once named Rama Behera, now called Dr. Avraham Cohen.
The group says it’s an educational non-profit, but over the years news reports, public records and former members have characterized it as a religious cult, a charge a lawyer for the group strongly denied. [video]
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Monday November 24, 2008
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The Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology this month became more than a curiosity when Shawano residents learned that a member of the group is suspected of putting together a written threat against 60 people in the community. A Canadian businessman who has financial dealings with the group provided the list and has turned police informant.
The threats implied that the group wanted people causing them problems “taken care of,” Shawano police Chief Ed Whealon said.
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Wednesday November 19, 2008
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The executive of a religious sect that’s accused of orchestrating threats against Shawano, Wisconsin, officials has been picked up by the U.S. Marshals Service for extradition to Maryland on an unrelated contempt of court warrant.Authorities in Shawano and the FBI said her arrest had nothing to do with the Shawano threats case.
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Saturday November 15, 2008
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Members of a religious sect based in nearby Wescott generated a list of elected officials, residents and members of the media they wanted “taken care of,” authorities said Friday.A Canadian citizen — a former business associate of the sect, Samanta Roy Institute for Science and Technology — contacted authorities on Oct. 30 with information about the threats and received the list from sect members on Nov. 3, Whealon said.
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Wednesday January 11, 2006
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Leader series on SIST wins first place in national contest
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Tuesday October 25, 2005
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A claim filed against the state by the R.C. Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology and one of its subsidiaries has been denied by the Wisconsin Attorney General’s Office, the Shawano Leader has learned.
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Monday October 24, 2005
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Community and group tangle as it buys up Shawano properties
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Sunday October 23, 2005
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In a case that sheds new light on a lawsuit lodged against the city, Midwest Hotels and Motels of Shawano, LLC, has been accused of operating the Best Western Village Haus without the necessary permits during the first several weeks that it allegedly owned the hotel.
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Saturday August 6, 2005
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The Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology (SIST) and one of its subsidiaries have filed a civil suit in federal court against the city of Shawano and its legal counsel.
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Friday July 15, 2005
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ST PAUL - A judge dismissed defamation lawsuits Friday against four news organizations that reported that the owners of an Anoka gas station were being investigated for selling gasoline below the state's legal minimum price.
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Sunday April 17, 2005
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Group seeks $500 million in damages, claims stories defamed organization, were discriminatory
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Saturday April 9, 2005
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(AP) Anoka, Minn. The state Commerce Department has 13 active investigations involving stations allegedly selling gasoline for less than Minnesota's legal minimum price, spokesman Bruce Gordon said.
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Sunday October 17, 2004
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Ask people in and around Shawano about Dr. R.C. Samanta Roy and the religious group he leads in the Town of Wescott and most will be happy to share their opinion - unless, of course, they're asked to go on the record.
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Friday October 15, 2004
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In December 1999, Gaeland Priebe - a former member of the religious group headed by Dr. R.C. Samanta Roy - was charged in Shawano County Circuit Court with repeated sexual assault of a minor.
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Group's members have been subject of gossip, harassment, and even violence
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Sunday October 10, 2004
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Former members talk about early life in Samanta Roy group
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Disenchanted followers of Samanta Roy explain why they left
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Perhaps fittingly for the leader of a religious group, much that is known about Dr. R.C. Samanta Roy has to be taken on faith.
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