Sulochan Das, Steven Bryant (murdered victim) – Killed by Tirtha Das on the order of Radhanatha Swami in 1986. This has already been discussed in detail in previous articles, so we will not get into it here. As mentioned above, his son is also killed just months after he was murdered.

Sulocana Prabhu, who had had his wife and children taken away by Kirtanananda's nasty manipulations, was blamed for this head-bashing by Triyogi dasa. Sulocana had written the ground-breaking expose "The Guru Business" (still available on line) and was known as the sworn enemy of Kirtanananda. In "The Guru Business", the guru-fraud perpetrated by the GBC post November 1977 is documented along with Kirtanananda's deep-seated sexual predilections. Triyogi's attack was thought to have been inspired by Sulocana Prabhu.

While Kirtanananda lay recovering in hospital, Radhanatha decided to murder Sulocana. Tapa Punj would oversee the murder. Tirtha, with Janmastami as assistant/driver, would be the killer. Tirtha had proven himself with his murder of Chakranadi, and Janmastami had military experience in Vietnam. This plan went up the line to Kirtanananda in hospital who gave approval. Kuladri at the bedside of Kirtanananda had already consulted with Radhanatha and through Kuladri news of the plan reached the other leaders of New Vrindaban: Malati, Devamrita, Candramauli, and Umapati. However, at the same time, Tirtha was letting the cat out of the bag by informing various persons, such as Yudhistra in L.A., of the coming murder. Tirtha's line was that the murder was bona fide as Kirtanananda was a pure devotee and it would be a devotional plus to assist.

Tapahpunja Swami - Terry Sheldon "mr. scam", TPS, top buffoon, punja, kuruksetra das)
Convicted felon for his involvement in the killing of Sulochan das, this "swami" was captured by FBI agents in malaysia. Immediately following the sulocan murder, this fallen Kirtanananda Swami sanyassi announced to ISKCON europe "i orchestrated the sulocan whacking!", expecting to be greeted like a great hero. This Charter member of the he-man women haters club was the vanguard of "the malaysian invasion". With his buddies Sri Galima, Ramananda, and dutchy Prins, and in the mood of their guru, there are no borders they won't try to jump over. Top buffoon swami, leader of a Krishna temple in Cleveland, testified that Bryant had been spreading rumors that Bhaktipada was a homosexual and a child abuser. In sworn testimony, Tapahpunja Swami [Terry Sheldon] stated that he was the one to inform Kirtanananda about the murder plot. "Owner" of New Vrndaban, on a fraudulent lease agreement where ISKCON exists only to pay the taxes on the land it leases to the top buffoon, AND NVC (New Vrindaban Community, Inc.) pays the buffoon $ 7 a hour to mow his own lawn. He doesn't even do that little bit, he subs it out to bhaktas he pays $ 1.25 an hour.

Employed by ISKCON WV to mow his own lawn at the rate of $ 7.00 /hr, this root planting sanyassi drafted himself a 99 year lease on all of The Farm not sold off to land speculators. The rent is less than the taxes, therefore, ISKCON exists to pay taxes for this fallen sanyassi's gardening projects.

Tapapunja top buffoon deeded himself the prime forty acres of New Vrindaban for a rent payment that is less than the annual tax liability to ISKCON, this ex-convict purports to own the Holy Dham, and therefore the right to deny access, even to the life members. most all of these actions are illegal and they exist solely, at the whims of the corporate officials who lavish themselves with outlandish salaries and benefits far in excess of the worth of their performances.

Taru Das, Thomas Meyers (murdered victim) frequent writer for Back To Godhead and Brijbasi Spirit – disappeared without a trace in November of 1980. The FBI has been searching for his body for 25 years without any luck. Everyone knew he was murdered, but without a body the FBI has no case. How would the FBI ever find his body under all that concrete? The Palace of Gold had been opened in 1979, but there was still plenty of construction going on to cover a body or two. Ravindra Svarupa, were you the one who made the deal with the FBI not to dig up Prabhupada's Palace of Gold to look for bodies? What was the other deal you made, something about not seizing New Vrindavan's drug money? That money disappeared pretty quickly with the creative accounting at New Vrindavan. Why don't you let the readers know, what was your cut?

Tirtha das - Thomas Drescher, Murderer
Tirtha was Radhanath's paid assassin. For the murder of Sulocana he received 80'000 US Dollars. He said he placed the sticker, which said "Are we having fun yet?" on the van of Stephen Bryant (Sulocana das) before tracking him down in 1986 in Los Angeles, where he shot Bryant twice in the head. Drescher testified he carried out the assassination at the wish of his spiritual leader, Swami Bhaktipada (Keith Ham) "You have to understand that in my mind, it wasn't murder. It was dispatching an undesirable element from the community," Drescher said.

Drescher is the prosecution's star witness against Bhaktipada, who is on trial on six counts of mail fraud, three counts of racketeering, and one count each of conspiracy and interstate travel to commit murder for hire. In its indictment, the government said Bhaktipada used two murders, a kidnapping threats and beatings to maintain control of the illegal business scams that raised more than $ 10 million between 1981 and 1985 at the New Vrindaban community near Moundsville in West Virginia's Northern Panhandle.

In summary, New Vrindavan was a terrible criminal empire that engaged in every type of illegal activity, and openly killed anyone who got in the way, even if they happened to be lawyers, government officers or devotees. For example, the FBI says Tirtha planned to kill attorney Dave Gold because he was representing a party in a property dispute against Kirtanananda. Tirtha had been overheard bragging that he had followed Gold into the forests at night on several occasions, but the only reason he didn't kill him yet was because he didn't find a good spot for it.

Tirtha is one of three people who had been ordered by Radhanath to kill Sulocan, the two others are Tapahpunja Swami and Janmashtami das.The FBI has also said that Tirtha planned to kill the Marshall County Assessor, Alfred Clark, because he was attempting to levy heavier taxes on the commercial aspects of New Vrindavan.

Triyogi das - Michael Schockman: Triyogi dasa bashed in the head of Kirtanananda with a heavy pipe, enraged by the realization that the exclusive eleven paramahamsas were never appointed 'to be gurus' by Srila Prabhupada; his anger was compounded by the fact that Kirtanananda was currently an active homosexual pedophile presenting himself as a 'guru'.

Tulasi das - JOHN WEST - Tulasi land baron of the New Vrindaban Conspiracy, bought The Holy Dham from a cash starved "king eddie" (Adwaitacharya); all that not already sold or leased to mr. and mrs. top buffoon. and, "how, exactly, did you acquire the laxmi you 'bought The Dham' with?"?, dumped his wife to welfare housing as he screens "new apprentices" (shades of donald trump!), who doesn't have a problem relating to second generation kids with a drug problem?", "is that a problem?", "what's your problem?", "ONE WORLD, ONE family", ONE PRICE FITS ALL?, you too can spend 'a pettit winter', foods drops at a slightly extra cost, and "Bring you own water!", or you can come over to our million dollar house (in better shape than The Palace) and have some of our septic run-off, followed sandiego's yudhisthir to NVC (New Vrindaban Community, Inc.) as east meets west in financial/ real estate exchanges.

Umapati Swami - Wally Sheffy
Umapati offered other special favors to murderer Tirtha Das, for example initiating him into the sannyasa order in August of 1987, even after he had been convicted of murdering devotees by a court of law. Umapati Swami personally went inside the prison and performed the sannyasa initiation of Tirtha, acting as a ritvik priest on behalf of Kirtanananda.

"Umapati Das began visiting Tirtha weekly first at the Marshall County Jail and later at the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville." - Hrishikesh, "Reply to Bhaktipada or Bhaktifraud?" (December 12, 2006)

"New Vrindaban even sent kirtan parties to chant and dance on the sidewalk in front of the penitentiary for five days during May 1987 to protest the prison's treatment of the inmates who had become devotees through Tirtha's preaching." - Hrishikesh, "Reply to Bhaktipada or Bhaktifraud?" (December 12, 2006)

Umapati made Tirtha a hero, presented him as the greatest devotee, gave him sannyasa, authorized him to initiate his own disciples in prison, paid special visits to him every week, provided him with spending money - all to fool him, so he could not figure out that they themselves had ratted him out.

VENKATESH PATKI - ? - "Vinnie" Trustee of ISKCON NMV (Iskcon of New Mathura Vrindaban) president of ISKCON NMV. The trustees of NMV are: Melanie Nagel (Malati dasi) and Ramesh Patel (Rupanuga). Venkatesh Patki is a Radhanath Swami appointed bookkeeper, $ 400.00 US monthly, plus benefits, transcendental suburbanite, "Rupa got rich this way, so can I", didn't come all the way from India for "a simple life style".

Yamuna dasi - JANE SEWARD - yamuna vice-president and director of NVC corporation (New Vrindaban Community, Inc.), secretary and director of JAGA, JAGA REAL ESTATE CORP. R.D. 1 Box 292 moundsville, WV 26041. mrs. sulochan das, left sulochan for the purity of Kirtanananda Swami and his gurukula, OOPS!, death follows this woman like a cloud of marijuana smoke, but then, "she brought Raghunath back to girls!"...or did she?, which child was abused?, which one was killed?, how?, transcendental to the funerals of close associates.

Yudhisthir Das / Jeff Cornia / from San Diego
a san diego temple resident thug. He was known to be a drug dealer who was reputed to have killed in the past. Janmashtami das stated that after receiving the order to kill Sulochan from Radhanatha Swami, Tapahpunja immediately tried to involve others in the plot such as Yudhisthir Das from San Diego. As the trial shows, it is beyond doubt that Yudhisthir was an accomplice and knew what was going on, and that is why he was called to testify. Tirtha simultaneously contacted others in Los Angeles to involve them in the hit as well.

Jeff Cornia (Yudhisthir das) was forced to marry an attorney to prepare a legal defense. his wife, Radha Cornia, represented ISKCON in some of the earlier lawsuits against the organization. Jeff Cornia was awarded, for his participation in the sulocan murder, a house and land at New Vrindaban at below market value. real-estate speculation has brought about the creation of six corporations at New Vrindaban, all of which are real estate holding companies.