Mangaluru: A helpline has been established by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted to probe Crime No. 39/2025 registered under Section 311 (A) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at the Dharmasthala Police Station.

The Special Investigation Team led by Pronab Mohanty IPS is probing the mass burials case.

The helpline has been set up at the temporary SIT office located in Kadri Mallikatte, Mangaluru.

To contact the SIT or to provide any information related to the case, the public can reach out between 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM via the office landline number 0824-2005301, WhatsApp number 8277986369, or email at sitdps@ksp.gov.in, the official statement said.

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Jamtara (Jharkhand) (PTI): A man was shot dead by three unidentified bike-borne armed miscreants in Jharkhand’s Jamtara district on Sunday, police said.

The incident took place at Dharampur village within Narainpur police station limits when the victim, identified as Furkan Ansari, a resident of the same village, had gone out for his morning tea at a stall around 8.15 am, they said.

Narainpur OC Murad Hasan said, "The victim's body was handed over to his family members after post-mortem examination at Sadar Hospital."

Police have launched an investigation into the matter, the OC said.