Karnataka High Court allows continuation of probe in Dharmasthala case as SIT says it has ‘credible allegations’ against activists

HC lifts stay on Dharmasthala case, asks SIT to ensure activists are not harassed

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday vacated its earlier stay on the investigation into FIR registered at the Dharmasthala police station in connection with the allegations of “multiple murders, rapes and burials” at the temple town in Dakshina Kannada district. The interim stay was granted on October 30, after hearing a petition filed by activists Girish Mattannavar, Mahesh Shetty Thimarody, T Jayant and Vittala Gowda. The four, who…

Karnataka High Court allows continuation of probe in Dharmasthala case as SIT says it has ‘credible allegations’ against activists

The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday allowed continuation of investigation by vacating its earlier interim order of staying the probe based on the first information report (FIR), registered in July, on a complaint of alleged mass burial of bodies of sexually assaulted women in Dharmasthala based on a “voluntary” statement given by a person by name Chinnaiah.

Stay on probe into Dharmasthala burials case lifted by Karnataka HC

Justice Mohammad Nawaz, while lifting the stay, directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the case, to ensure that no harassment is caused to activists