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.

Community and group tangle as it buys up Shawano properties

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.

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.

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.

Group seeks $500 million in damages, claims stories defamed organization, were discriminatory

(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.

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.

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.

Group's members have been subject of gossip, harassment, and even violence

Former members talk about early life in Samanta Roy group

Disenchanted followers of Samanta Roy explain why they left

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.