A court docket at Belthangady in Karnataka remanded C N Chinnaiah, the witness-complainant within the Dharmasthala secret burials case, within the custody of the Particular Investigation Workforce (SIT) until September 6 after his 10-day custody ended on Wednesday.
Chinnaiah filed a police criticism in July alleging that he had been compelled to bury a number of our bodies round Dharmasthala in Dakshina Kannada district and was warned towards approaching the police. An SIT was fashioned by the state authorities on July 19. It dug up 16 places across the temple city within the first two weeks of August. Chinnaiah was arrested on August 23 on prices of perjury after the SIT discovered inconsistencies in his statements. He was remanded to 10-day SIT custody then.
On Wednesday, the SIT sought an extension of his custody for additional questioning. Quickly after the Belthangady Judicial Justice of the Peace First Class Court docket granted the extension, SIT officers escorted the complainant on to their workplace at Belthangady.
Throughout the day, the SIT can be learnt to have questioned individuals allegedly concerned within the case associated to the 2012 rape and homicide of a faculty lady who had gone lacking. The questioning was based mostly on an announcement made by a lady from Mandya who had written to the SIT claiming that she had seen just a few individuals drag the lady away earlier than her physique was discovered.
In line with sources, the SIT has quizzed one individual recognized within the criticism and issued notices to different individuals. The questioning got here amid renewed calls for to reinvestigate the rape and homicide case.