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October 31, 2025, 02:27 PM - 4 min read
Meanwhile, the All-India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA), part of the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), has written to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah demanding a comprehensive, independent probe into decades of rapes, murders, and suspicious deaths of women in Dharmasthala, Dakshina Kannada district.
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September 28, 2025, 04:46 PM - 2 min read
Police sources said Chinnaiah admitted that both his complaint — which alleged multiple rapes, murders, and burials over two decades in Dharmasthala — and the testimony he had given were entirely false.
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September 9, 2025, 04:53 PM - 2 min read
Those summoned were identified as Manaf, Abhishek, and Jayanth T, who operate YouTube channels in Kerala, as well as activist Girish Mattannavar, Vithal Gowda, and Pradeep, according to the SIT.
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September 1, 2025, 04:12 PM - 3 min read
Meanwhile, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah dismissed the BJP's "Dharmasthala Chalo" rally as a political stunt, stating that the opposition party would not gain any political advantage from it.
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August 28, 2025, 10:38 AM - 2 min read
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged Dharmasthala mass burial case has widened the scope of its inquiry, adding ten fresh charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against the whistleblower, Chinnayya. The new charges relate to perjury, forgery and fabrication of evidence.
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August 26, 2025, 12:37 PM - 2 min read
According to SIT officials, Chinnaiah, who was the whistleblower of the Dharmasthala case, had been staying at Thimarody's house for the last two months.
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August 23, 2025, 11:02 AM - 3 min read
The Belthangady Court on August 23 sent the complainant in the case to 10 days of custody under the Special Investigation Team (SIT).
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August 15, 2025, 02:35 PM - 3 min read
As part of the investigation, the SIT is digging at several locations. The complainant identified these sites along the Netravathi River. Skeletal remains have been found at two of these sites so far.
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August 14, 2025, 07:52 PM - 5 min read
His remarks came during a discussion in the Assembly, where BJP legislators criticised the government’s handling of the investigation and alleged inaction against what they called a "slender campaign" targeting Dharmasthala and the temple there.
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August 11, 2025, 04:58 PM - 2 min read
Padmalatha, a second-year PU student at SDM College in Ujire, disappeared on December 22, 1986, and her decomposed body was later found near the Neriya stream on February 17, 1987.
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August 9, 2025, 09:03 PM - 3 min read
The SIT has renewed searches for alleged mass burial sites at Bahubali Betta foothills near Dharmasthala in Karnataka, following fresh leads from multiple complainants.
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August 8, 2025, 06:59 PM - 3 min read
SIT probing Dharmasthala mass burial case inspects new site in Boliyar after anonymous witness claims decades of abuse, illegal burials and assault cover-ups.
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