Editing Ananda Marga (section)

=== Sarkar's incarceration ===
In 1971, [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar|Sarkar]] was imprisoned in India for the alleged murder of five former Ánanda Márga members, on what were later proved false charges.{{sfn|Jones|Ryan|2007b|pp=34–35}} The Ánanda Márga organisation was banned and a number its leaders arrested.{{sfn|Jones|Ryan|2007b|pp=34–35}} In February 1973, Sarkar was poisoned in prison, allegedly by the jail doctor on orders from the higher echelons of government. On 1 April, after recovering his health, Sarkar began fasting in support of a demand for an investigation into his poisoning. That demand was never met. So he continued his fast for the next five years, four months, and two days, until 2 August 1978 when he was released from jail after having been proved innocent of all charges.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 26, 2015|orig-date=August 15, 1978|title=My interpretation of violence can co-exist with Ahimsa: Anandmurti|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/interview/story/19780815-my-interpretation-of-violence-can-co-exist-with-ahimsa-anandmurti-818549-2015-02-03|access-date=2020-12-14|website=India Today|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309124753/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/interview/story/19780815-my-interpretation-of-violence-can-co-exist-with-ahimsa-anandmurti-818549-2015-02-03|url-status=live}}</ref>