Dharmasthala Burials Case: High Court vacates stay on FIR, allows SIT to resume investigation
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has vacated the interim stay on all proceedings related to the FIR registered at the Dharmasthala Police Station over the alleged burial of hundreds of unidentified corpses at various locations in Dharmasthala.
The order, passed on Wednesday, clears the way for the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to continue its probe into the case. The court has also directed Girish Mattannavar, Mahesh Shetty Thimarody, T. Jayant, and Vithal Gowda, who face allegations of obstructing the investigation, to appear before the SIT for questioning.
The accused had earlier approached the High Court with a writ petition seeking to quash the interrogation proceedings initiated by the Belthangady District and Sessions Court, as well as the police notice issued for their appearance. The petition was filed in connection with FIR No. 39/2025, registered at the Dharmasthala Police Station concerning the mass burials case.
After hearing arguments presented by the public prosecutor, the High Court lifted the interim stay order that had been issued on October 30. The bench clarified that the matter will now be heard on merit, and scheduled the next hearing for November 28.
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ED attaches fresh assets in PMLA case against Reliance Group; total attachment over Rs 10K cr
New Delhi (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate has attached fresh assets worth Rs 1,120 crore as part of its money laundering probe against the companies of Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani, officials said.
Eighteen properties, including the Reliance Centre in Mumbai's Ballard Estate, fixed deposits, bank balance and shareholding in unqouted investments of Reliance Anil Ambani Group have been provisionally attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said.
Another set of seven properties of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, two properties of Reliance Power Ltd, nine properties of Reliance Value Service Private Ltd, fixed deposits in the name of Reliance Value Service Private Ltd, Reliance Venture Asset Management Private Lt, Phi Management Solutions Private Ltd, Adhar Property Consultancy Pvt Ltd, Gamesa Investment Management Private Ltd and investments made in unquoted investment by Reliance Venture Asset Management Private Ltd and Phi Management Solutions Private Ltd have also been attached, they said.
The ED had earlier attached properties worth over Rs 8,997 crore in the bank fraud cases related to Reliance Communications Ltd (RCOM), Reliance Commercial Finance Ltd, and Reliance Home Finance Ltd.
The total attachment in the case against the Reliance Group is now Rs 10,117 crore.
