Dharmasthala mass burial: Whistleblower arrested over providing fabricated evidence
PTC News Desk: In a dramatic turn of events, the key whistleblower in the Dharmasthala mass burial case was arrested on Saturday for allegedly misleading the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Karnataka police by providing false information.
The former sanitation worker from the Dharmasthala temple administration, who alleged burying 70–80 bodies at multiple sites, was arrested after being interrogated overnight until 6 a.m. today. Police sources revealed that the skull he initially presented as evidence was fake. He has been booked for perjury and providing false evidence.
The complainant had originally claimed to have exhumed a victim’s skull to support his allegations before the police. He will be produced before a magistrate later this evening, following a medical examination at a local hospital.
Of the 15 locations he told the SIT he had used to bury several women and minors between 1998 and 2014, only one male skeleton was recovered at the sixth site.
A woman, who had earlier complained that her daughter, an MBBS student, had gone missing in Dharmasthala, has also backtracked on her claim.
- PTC NEWS
