Karnataka House Minister G Parameshwara mentioned on Monday that the Particular Investigation Group (SIT) probing the sensational Dharmasthala secret burials case was more likely to submit its report by the top of October.
Chatting with reporters, the minister mentioned the SIT had earlier assured the Authorities that the report can be prepared by October. “The SIT had mentioned that they might submit it by October. I feel they could submit it by October 31. If not on that date, it may very well be delayed by a day or two. Now we have directed them to file the excellent remaining report,” he mentioned.
“We can not say whether or not they may submit the entire report or an interim report,” the house minister added.
Parameshwara mentioned the SIT was awaiting the forensic science evaluation of skeletal stays that have been recovered, in addition to the chemical examination experiences of soil samples collected through the investigation round Dharmasthala. These findings are essential for the investigation and shall be a part of the ultimate report, he added.
The Dharmasthala case has drawn nationwide consideration following allegations made by C N Chinnaiah, a former sanitation employee, that he had been compelled to bury a number of our bodies secretly within the temple city between 1998 and 2014. The state authorities fashioned an SIT days after an FIR was registered based mostly on his grievance.
Whereas skeletal stays have been exhumed from one of many 16 places recognized by Chinnaiah, a number of items of skeletal stays have been discovered at Banglagudde close to Dharmasthala in September. Throughout the investigation, a girl filed a police grievance alleging that her daughter had gone lacking within the temple city in 2003.
The SIT has questioned a number of activists and witnesses who had raised issues concerning the alleged secret burials. It arrested Chinnaiah in August on perjury costs owing to inconsistencies in his statements concerning the alleged burials.