Dharmasthala case: SIT launches search operation in entire Banglegudde forest
Belthangady: In connection with the Dharmasthala case, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has begun a large-scale search operation across the 12-acre Banglegudde forest area near the Netravati bathing ghat.
The move follows statements suggesting that multiple human remains could be buried in the area. Earlier, complainant Chinnayya had produced a skull allegedly recovered from the same forest, which became a key lead in the investigation. During the subsequent spot inspection, Sowjanya’s uncle, Vithal Gowda, claimed that several skeletal remains were visible in the vicinity.
Based on these disclosures, SIT officials deliberated over the past few days on conducting a thorough examination of the forest land. Since the site falls under the Belthangady forest division, necessary permissions were secured from the forest department before initiating today’s operation.
SIT officers Jitendra Kumar Dayama and Simon, along with forest officials, public works department staff, Dharmasthala gram panchayat representatives, and an FSL SoKo team, are jointly participating in the search operation.
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PM Modi, myself don't have 'wife issue': Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): In a friendly banter, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he didn’t have "the wife issue", as the Congress MP emphasised that everyone has learnt from women in their lives.
Participating in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the three bills introduced for amendments to the women's quota law and setting up a delimitation commission, Gandhi said women are a driving force in the national imagination and national perspective.
"All of us in this room have been influenced, taught, and have learnt a lot from women in our lives – from mothers, sisters, wives," Gandhi said.
"Of course, the prime minister and myself don't have the wife issue, so we don't get that input, but we have our mothers and sisters," he said while referring to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju's light-hearted remark that he got a scolding at home as he did not pen a poem for his wife like Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal did.
Gandhi also lauded his sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi's speech in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
"Yesterday, I was watching my sister achieve in five minutes what I have not been able to do in 20 years of my political career – make Amit Shah Ji smile," Gandhi said to peals of laughter.
