Advocate KV Dhananjay urges Kerala govt. to pass resolution regarding Dharmasthala mass burials case
Bengaluru: Stating that there are reasons that will become evident soon, noted Supreme Court advocate Dhananjay KV, on Wednesday issued a press statement that the Kerala government should pass a resolution in the state assembly that the Dharmasthala Mass Burial Case be investigated to the highest standard of honesty, integrity and competence.
The statement further urged the Kerala government to pass the resolution also stating that the Kerala Police will be afforded the opportunity to assist the aforesaid investigation.
This comes after the complainant in Dharmasthala mass burials case had submitted a detailed complaint to Supreme Court Advocate KV Dhananjay, along with copies of his Aadhaar card, voter ID registered in Dharmasthala-Belthangady, and an ID card issued by the Dharmasthala temple administration, to safeguard the truth in the event of his death or disappearance.
The advocate further recommended that the Kerala Police be allowed to assist in the ongoing investigation, which would require the state government to approach the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. “It should do so without any delay,” Dhananjay stated in his letter, suggesting that the Kerala government may already be aware of certain crucial facts or could soon come to know of them.
Advocate KV Dhananjay
The case has come under national spotlight following a chilling confession made by a former sanitation worker affiliated with the Dharmasthala temple administration. The individual recently told Dakshina Kannada police that he was coerced into burning and burying the bodies of multiple women, including minor girls, who had allegedly been raped and murdered over a 16-year span.
The worker, whose identity is currently being protected, claimed to have buried more than 100 bodies in and around Dharmasthala under pressure from undisclosed perpetrators. On July 11, he submitted a sworn statement before the Belthangady court, even bringing a skeletal remain, which has since been handed over to authorities for forensic testing. The whistleblower has sought protection for himself and his family, fearing retaliation.
According to advocates Ojaswi Gowda and Sachin Deshpande, who are representing the complainant, the whistleblower also submitted photographic evidence of recently exhumed remains to the police.
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IndiGo fiasco is cost of govt's monopoly model: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that the IndiGo "fiasco" is the cost of this government's "monopoly model" and asserted that India deserves fair competition in every sector, not match-fixing monopolies.
In the wake of IndiGo cancelling over 550 flights on Thursday alone and 400 flights on Friday, disrupting the travel plans of hundreds of passengers, Gandhi said it is ordinary Indians who pay the price in delays, cancellations and helplessness.
"IndiGo fiasco is the cost of this Govt's monopoly model. Once again, it's ordinary Indians who pay the price - in delays, cancellations and helplessness," the Leader of Opposition said in a post on X.
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"India deserves fair competition in every sector, not match-fixing monopolies," Gandhi asserted.
IndiGo on Thursday told aviation watchdog DGCA that operations are expected to be fully stabilised by February 10, 2026, and sought temporary relaxations in flight duty norms on a day when the country's largest airline cancelled more than 550 flights, disrupting the travel plans of hundreds of passengers.
Acknowledging that the flight disruptions happening for the past few days are primarily due to misjudgment and planning gaps in implementing the second phase of the Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) norms, IndiGo also informed the regulator that there will be more cancellations till December 8 and from that day, there will also be a reduction in services.
Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu held a high-level review meeting to assess the situation of significant flight disruptions and expressed his displeasure at the way IndiGo handled the new FDTL norms implementation despite having ample time.
