The SIT began exhuming suspected human remains near Dharmasthala in Karnataka under tight security. The operation, triggered by a key witness’s complaint, has drawn attention due to its sensitive nature.

The case stems from a testimony of a former sanitation worker, whose identity remains undisclosed, that between 1995 and 2014, he was coerced into burying several bodies in Dharmasthalasome of which, he claimed, showed signs of sexual violence.

Dharmasthala: A team of police officials from the SIT, constituted by the Karnataka government to probe alleged mass burial sites in Dharmasthala, began its site inspections Monday, police said. Accompanied by land records officials,