The alleged secret burials case at Karnataka’s Dharmasthala changed course yet again as the probing Special Investigation Team (SIT) Saturday arrested the complainant who had alleged there were multiple murders, rapes and burials in the temple town over a period of the past two decades.
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara confirmed the arrest and said that the complainant –whose identity is not revealed– was produced in court on Saturday.
The arrest comes ahead of a statewide protest proposed by the opposition BJP in the state over the defamation of the Dharmasthala Temple by the Congress government through the SIT probe into the case.
Earlier in the day, The Indian Express reported that a woman who had filed a police complaint saying her daughter had gone missing at Dharmasthala in 2003 has now said that her statement was fabricated. Hours later, she changed her words again, alleging that she was forced to make these statements after some people promised to help her get justice.