Dharmasthala: Torn red blouse, PAN Card, ATM card found at site, reveals Sujatha Bhat’s lawyer
Mangaluru: In a revelation related to the ongoing investigation into the alleged mass burial case in Dharmasthala, Advocate Manjunath N, representing Sujatha Bhat, the mother of missing woman Ananya Bhat, has disclosed the recovery of a torn red blouse, a PAN card, and an ATM card from Site No. 1 during the recent SIT excavation.
According to Manjunath, these items were found at a depth of around 2.5 feet on July 29. The PAN and ATM cards reportedly bear two different names—one belonging to a male and the other to a female named Lakshmi. This information had not been officially made public earlier by the investigating authorities.
The lawyer said that soon after the recovery, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) continued to dig deeper into the site, eventually reaching a depth of 10 feet. He appreciated the SIT’s commitment, calling the extended excavation a “physically demanding” but “professionally commendable” act aimed at ensuring no possible evidence is left behind.
Manjunath expressed hope that the recovered items could lead to fresh clues and urged the SIT to investigate the names on the cards with urgency. “The rigour shown by the team has given us renewed hope,” he said, extending full support to the SIT as they move forward with operations at the other marked sites.
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'Rear-guard action': BJP over Mamata accepting sports minister's resignation after Messi event
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Tuesday alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's accepting Aroop Biswas' resignation as the state sports minister is nothing but a "rear-guard action" to douse public anger over the mismanagement of football icon Lionel Messi's event last week.
BJP co-in-charge for West Bengal Amit Malviya alleged that this is also an "open confession" that the Messi event fiasco was not accidental but a government-manufactured disaster, borne out of the poor governance of Banerjee, her ministers and the state bureaucracy.
Banerjee on Tuesday accepted Biswas' resignation as the sports minister in the wake of the controversy over the mismanagement of football icon Messi's event last week, a senior leader of the ruling TMC said.
Biswas, who had written to the chief minister seeking to be relieved of his responsibilities as sports minister, will continue as a cabinet minister, retaining charge of the power department.
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Reacting to the development, Malviya said in a post on X, "TMC Sports Minister Aroop Biswas resigns after the Messi fiasco and Mamata Banerjee accepts it in record time."
"Do not mistake this for accountability; this is nothing but a rear-guard action to douse public anger. anger! This is not 'Raj Dharma'," he added.
The BJP leader alleged that the incident was the outcome of "loot" of common people which is "so synonymous" with the TMC.
The incident was also the outcome of the "shameless VIP culture that TMC thrives on and deep-rooted cronyism promoted by Banerjee," he charged.
Malviya further alleged that Biswas' resignation exposes a "collective failure of Mamata Banerjee, her partisan bureaucracy, and her crony cabinet".
"This is a symbolic sacrifice, a political hoax, soon to be buried under layers of bureaucracy, with no justice, no accountability, and no remorse," the BJP leader said, adding, "No resignation will bring back the time lost, the money wasted, or the stolen chance for football lovers to witness Messi in Kolkata."
