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The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Dharmasthala mass burial allegations has filed a complaint report against activists Mahesh Thimmarodi and Girish Mattanavar and Dharmasthala residents Jayan T and Vittal Gowda, accusing them of perjury and criminal conspiracy in connection with a skull that was planted as evidence.

The charges are linked to a skull produced by a man named Chinnaiah, who had gone to the police in July 2025, claiming that he had buried several bodies illegally in Dharmasthala. Chinnaiah has also been named as an accused.

However, the SIT’s investigation found that the skull had not been exhumed by Chinnaiah himself but was handed over to him by others to embellish his claims. During questi

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