Belthangady: A fresh statement of Chinnayya, complainant-witness in the Dharmasthala mass burial case, is expected to be recorded soon by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that is probing the case.

Chinnayya, who has been arrested for perjury and is currently been imprisoned, recently told the Belthangady court that he stated before the SIT that he had buried more than 10 corpses, sources have said. The SIT is now reportedly recording his official statement in order to collect more information about the issue.

The police team has already collected the statements of Chinnayya’s wife Mallika and his sister Ratna in connection to the case.

Further, the police officers are expected to take Chinnayya into custody again and interrogate him as the statements of the complainant-witness are found to be haphazard and inconsistent.

Since the SIT requires court permission to record a fresh statement of the complainant-witness, however, the officers are expected to approach the court on Wednesday for the permission. The court is also expected to grant permission within a couple of days.

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Bengaluru (PTI): The South Western Railway on Saturday announced a series of special trains, in coordination with Central, South Eastern and Southern Railways, to clear stranded passengers following large-scale IndiGo flight cancellations across the country.

The special services will operate between December 6 and 10 on high-demand routes, including Bengaluru–Chennai, Bengaluru–Pune, Yesvantpur–Hazrat Nizamuddin, Shalimar–Yelahanka and Ernakulam–Yelahanka, officials said.

According to an official statement, SWR will run Train No. 06255/06256 between Chennai Egmore and KSR Bengaluru, 06257/06258 between Bengaluru and MGR Chennai Central, 06259/06260 between Yesvantpur and Hazrat Nizamuddin, and 06263/06264 between Bengaluru and Pune.

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Central Railway will operate Train No. 01413/01414 between Pune and Bengaluru, while South Eastern Railway will run Train No. 08073/08074 between Shalimar and Yelahanka. Southern Railway will operate Train No. 06147/06148 between Ernakulam and Yelahanka, the statement said.

Railways has advised passengers to check updated timings on its official channels and arrive early at stations.

For at least five days in a row, IndiGo flight operations have been significantly disrupted, with a large number of cancellations and delays causing hardships to thousands of passengers. In many cases, baggage has been misplaced.