US EditionSkeleton, but No Skull, Found in Dharmasthala ‘Mass Burials' — What We Know so Far About Karnataka SIT Probe
DHARMASTHALA, KARNATAKA, JUL 31 – Partial skeletal remains found at the sixth site support allegations of mass burials involving over 100 bodies, many women and minors, according to the Special Investigation Team.
- The Special Investigation Team found partial skeletal remains at the sixth site in Dharmasthala on July 31, 2025, during an exhumation process.
- The investigation followed a complaint filed on July 3 and a whistleblower’s testimony alleging forced burial of over 100 bodies, mostly women and minors, between 1995 and 2014.
- Excavations began on July 29, with five earlier sites yielding no remains, while forensic teams secured about 15 bones at site six near the Nethravathi River in a forested area.
- SIT officials said the bones are probably from a male, noting no skull was found yet, and police are verifying details including a Rupay debit card linked to a woman.
- The skeletal finds at site six support further intensive investigation and may corroborate or disprove the whistleblower’s claims as SIT plans to continue digging at other identified locations.
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Twenty-five bone fragments have been found in the temple town of Dharmasthala, in the southern state of Karnataka, India. The exhumation followed a confession from a former temple cleaner. He went to the police earlier this month and said that in the nineteen years he had worked for the temple, he had been forced to bury hundreds of the bodies of women and girls. Following calls from activists and lawyers to take the man's report seriously, the …
Skeleton, but no skull, found in Dharmasthala ‘mass burials' — What we know so far about Karnataka SIT probe
Dharmasthala ‘mass burials’: The remains were found on Thursday, July 31, at a depth of two-three feet at the 6th excavation point near the Nethravathi river.
Human skeletons were finally found in the land of Dharmasthala. After two days and failure at five places, when excavation was done at site number 6 on the third day, human skeletal remains were found there.
Dharmasthala mass grave case: SIT recovers human bones on third day
Mangaluru: In a major development in connection with the mass grave allegation case, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has recovered human bones during the excavation of the sixth burial site on the third day along the premises of Dharmasthala in Karnataka, sources confirmed on Thursday, July 31. SIT suspect male bones Two human bones, suspected of a male, have been found at three meters on the third day of the excavation site near the Nethra…
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