Rajneesh 's personal secretary and second-in-command , Ma Anand Sheela ( Sheela Silverman ) , assembled Come_together the group after Turner was appointed Request to investigate illegal activity at the followers ' community , Rajneeshpuram .

The conspirators included Cause_to_be_included : Ma Anand Sheela ; Sally-Anne Croft , Chief Financial Officer of Rajneeshpuram ; Susan Hagan , head of security at Rajneeshpuram ; Catherine Jane Stork , who bought weapons and silencers and volunteered to be the actual murderer ; Ann Phyllis McCarthy , fourth-in-command of Rajneeshpuram ; and co-conspirators Alma Potter , Carol Matthews , Phyllis Caldwell , and Richard Kevin Langford .

The riots started in Ahmedabad , and then spread Dispersal to other areas , notably Vadodara , Mehsana , Nadiad , Anand and Gondal .