Dharmasthala: SIT begins fifth day of operation in mass burial allegations case
Belthangady: On the fifth day of its ongoing investigation into the alleged burial of multiple bodies, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) arrived at the Nethravathi forest region around 11:30 AM on August 1, accompanied by the main complainant in the case.
Excavation work is currently underway at a site marked as "spot number 7," with the assistance of sanitation workers and a mini-JCB machine.
The high-level team present on site includes IPS officer Jitendra Kumar Dayama, Superintendent of Police Simon, Puttur Assistant Commissioner Stella Varghese, Belthangady Tahsildar Prithvi Sanikam, DCF Roshini from the Social Forestry Department, as well as personnel from the Internal Security Division (ISD), Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), Revenue Department, and Forest Department.
The SIT continues its search as part of an extensive probe into the serious allegations surrounding the mass burial claims in the Dharmasthala region.
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Man shot dead in Jharkhand’s Jamtara, probe underway
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.
