Amid the row over the Particular Investigation Staff’s probe into alleged secret burials at Dharmasthala, Karnataka Residence Minister G Parameshwara mentioned on Tuesday that it could be good if the investigation was accomplished quickly, noting {that a} assertion made by the complainant after his arrest and its impression had been taken significantly by the SIT and the Authorities.
He was responding to media queries concerning the September 1 rally the Opposition BJP has introduced over what it describes as a conspiracy hatched to defame the temple city.
C N Chinnaiah, the whistleblower who claimed that he had been pressured to bury a number of our bodies within the temple city between 1998 and 2014 and warned towards approaching the police, was arrested for allegedly offering false info to the investigators.
“We expect that it’s good if it (the probe) ends quickly,” he mentioned, including that the SIT would wrap up the investigation into the case within the coming days.
On searches carried out by the SIT on the residence of Mahesh Shetty Thimarodi, the right-wing activist behind the Justice for Sowjanya motion, the house minister mentioned the SIT was doing it primarily based on its phrases of reference. “The SIT will act in accordance with the knowledge it has,” he mentioned.
With BJP demanding a probe by the Nationwide Investigation Company into the case, Parameshwara mentioned there was no want for it. “The SIT is conducting a complete probe. If there are lapses within the probe, then it’s a totally different concern. However how can we decide that the probe was not carried out appropriately till it’s over,” he mentioned.
On the BJP’s cost that the Congress Authorities was among the many “conspirators who try and defame the temple city”, Parameshwara mentioned the SIT was fashioned following complaints and calls for made by numerous teams.
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“Our goal is to convey out the reality. The SIT was fashioned for the aim… If forming an SIT is in itself a part of a conspiracy, then we will say it is just ironic,” he added.