Dharmasthala Row: Temple Town, Secret Burials and a Decades-Old Silence
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Dharmasthala row: Temple town, secret burials and a decades-old silence
A peaceful temple town in Karnataka, Dharmasthala, which is sacred in its religious and spiritual importance, has been plunged into scandal following shocking reports of clandestine mass burial of victims of brutality and suspected sexual violence. How the controversy began The controversy erupted on July 3, when a former sanitation official alleged that he had been compelled to bury human remains, largely women’s bodies, washed up on the banks …
A true story that is more than a crime thriller serial has taken place. A cleaner from Belthangady taluka in Dukkha Kannada district of Karnataka has confessed to brutally raping and killing more than a hundred school and college students and young women, burying, burning and disintegrating them in acid with his own hands, which has shocked India. The Manjunatha Swamy temple is located in Dharmasthala, Karnataka. Bhima, a former cleaner of the t…
Dharmasthala Case: Search Operations Begin at 13 Sites Identified by Complainant
Dharmasthala: A search operation commenced today at a site in Dharmasthala where 13 bodies were reportedly buried, as per statements made on July 28. The operation aims to verify and identify the alleged remains. Police personnel were deployed at the location last night, and the area has been secured with tight security. The digging began this morning under the supervision of Revenue Department officials and in the presence of the complainant. T…
Dharmasthala mass burial: Exhumation of suspected graves begins amid heavy security and rains
Mangaluru, July 29: The much‑anticipated exhumation in the Dharmasthala mass burial case began on Tuesday, with investigators digging up sites pinpointed by a key witness along the Netravathi River near the Dharmasthala bathing ghat.
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