Mangaluru: Lawyers representing the key witness in the Dharmasthala mass burial case have criticised the public statement made by Superintendent of Police (SP) Dr Arun K on Wednesday, calling it misleading and dismissive of the complainant’s efforts to bring a dark chapter of history to light.

Former minister and senior Congress leader B. Ramanath Rai has held the previous BJP government responsible for the ongoing shortage of red stone and sand in Dakshina Kannada district.

The body of one fisherman who went missing in the Gangolli boat capsize incident has been recovered early Wednesday morning, while search operations continue for the remaining two.

The Fire and Rescue Department successfully located and returned a gold chain that had accidentally slipped into a temple pond during a ritual bath in Kanhangad.

Konaje police have cracked the case involving the murder of a woman living alone in Montepadavu, arresting the accused nearly two months after the crime took place.

Two decades after her daughter mysteriously disappeared during a visit to Dharmasthala, Sujata Bhat (60), the mother of missing MBBS student Ananya Bhat, formally filed a police complaint at Dharmasthala Police Station on Monday evening seeking fresh probe into the matter in light of the recent revealations in the Dharmasthala Mass Burial case.