US EditionKarnataka's Dharmasthala Burial Scandal Sparks SIT Probe Amid Public Outcry
DAKSHINA KANNADA, KARNATAKA, JUL 19 – The Karnataka government formed a Special Investigation Team led by senior police officers to probe allegations of over 500 bodies buried with signs of sexual assault, officials said.
- On July 19, the Siddaramaiah-led government issued an order, forming an SIT to probe alleged mass burials at Dharmasthala in Dakshina Kannada district.
- Public pressure, including a July 17 letter from the Karnataka State Commission for Women, prompted the SIT order, as the State Women’s Commission chief urged a probe after media reports of secret burials.
- According to the whistleblower’s testimony, he alleged he was forced to bury hundreds of bodies showing signs of sexual assault, citing a 2010 burial of a 13-year-old schoolgirl near a petrol station.
- According to Siddaramaiah, the government will act based on the police report, adding it was expected in a day or two.
- In a letter to Home Minister Amit Shah, CPI Rajya Sabha MP P Sandosh Kumar demanded an NIA inquiry, urging the Ministry of Home Affairs to hand over the case to the agency.
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The dead speak in Dharmasthala. Sinister story behind temple town's mass graves, unearthed
After decades of hushed conversations about rapes, murders, and the frequent washing up of bodies on the banks of the Nethravathi, Karnataka govt has constituted an SIT to conduct a probe.
Karnataka's Dharmasthala Burial Scandal Sparks SIT Probe amid Public Outcry
Karnataka's Dharmasthala Burial Scandal Sparks SIT Probe amid Public Outcry The Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara announced on Sunday the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to address the ongoing public uproar concerning the alleged mass burial case in Dharmasthala. Reports of mass murder, rape, and burial have prompted swift government action.This decision follows a letter from the Karnataka State Women's Commission and widesp…
Dharmasthala ‘secret burials’: Karnataka government forms SIT to probe case
The Dharmasthala secret burials case attracted attention after a whistleblower filed a complaint at Dharmasthala police station earlier this month, alleging that he was forced to cremate bodies and was threatened against approaching the police.
CPI MP Writes to Home Minister Seeking NIA Probe in Dharmasthala Case
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP P Sandosh Kumar on Saturday wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah demanding an inquiry by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into reports of disappearances, unnatural deaths, and sexual assaults in Dharmasthala town in Karnataka. India News | CPI MP Writes to Home Minister Seeking NIA Probe in Dharmasthala Case.
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