Dharmasthala mass burial case: SIT takes complainant to Timarodi’s house in Ujire for questioning
Belthangady: The complainant and witness in the Dharmasthala mass burial case, who is currently in the custody of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), was taken by the team to the residence of Mahesh Shetty Timarodi, activist in the Sowjanya movement for an inquest.
The complainant reportedly told the investigation team that he had taken shelter in the house belonging to Timarodi and his brother Mohan Shetty in Ujire, following which, he was taken to the house on Tuesday morning by the SIT, led by Officer Jitendra Kumar Dayama.
The officers are learned to have obtained a search warrant from the Belthangady court on Monday for the probe.
The SIT is also expected to confiscate things related to the mass burial case, as Timarodi had been sheltering the complainant in his house in Ujire for the last two months.
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Electorate in 9 states, UTs shrink by 1.70 crore after SIR
New Delhi (PTI): Voter base in nine states and Union territories has shrunk by more than 1.70 crore following the publication of final electoral rolls as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), according to official data.
The data shared by the chief electoral officers of Gujarat, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Goa and Kerala on Saturday showed that their combined voter base stood at over 21.45 crore before the SIR exercise began on October 27 last year.
It shrunk to 19.75 crore after publication of their final electoral rolls this week, a net change of over 1.70 crore electors.
While the exercise, which kept the Election Commission in the spotlight, has been completed in Bihar, it is currently underway in 12 states and Union territories covering nearly 60 crore electors.
The remaining 40 crore electors will be covered in 17 states and five Union territories.
In Assam, a "special revision", instead of SIR, was completed on February 10.
Due to a variety of reasons, the SIR in the nine states and three Union territories have seen frequent tweaking in schedules.
As in Bihar, political parties have approached the Supreme Court challenging the exercise in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
