Sealed Buckets, Forest Dig: SIT’s latest move in Dharmasthala case sparks curiosity
Belthangady: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Monday completed a search operation near the Netravati river bathing ghat in the presence of the key witness and complainant in the case. The team returned with sealed samples believed to be human remains.
According to sources, Monday’s operation was conducted deep inside a forested area, where decomposed body parts were reportedly found. The recovered remains have been sealed and taken for further forensic examination.
Three sealed buckets and another sealed long pack were transported from the spot. However, officials have not shared any detailed information regarding the nature or identity of the recovered remains so far.
The search was conducted in the area pointed out by the witness, which was the eleventh location identified during the investigation. Excavation work was carried out at the site he indicated.
No further information was shared or made public by official regarding the operation and findings of Monday.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
