Overview
- Panaji police registered an FIR against organisers linked to the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Foundation and the Osho Ludhiana Meditation Society for allegedly insulting the Catholic faith.
- The four-day programme, advertised for December 25–28, had already been ordered canceled, with organisers told to remove all online promotions.
- Goa Police directed all local stations to maintain heightened vigilance over upcoming events following the controversy.
- Facilitator Swami Dhyan Sumit described the plan as a tantra-based meditation retreat, apologised for the wording, and said the posters were withdrawn.
- NGOs and Catholic groups, including ARZ and the Catholic Association of Goa, pressed for credential checks and legal action, citing harm to the state’s image.