In a new and explosive twist to the Ananya Bhat case, Sujatha Bhat has publicly accused a news channel of threatening her to extract a confession, just moments after she retracted her story about a missing daughter.
The allegations emerged in a heated phone call, purportedly with a representative from Suvarna News, which was recorded and aired. During the call, a distraught Sujatha Bhat can be heard claiming she was coerced into giving an interview where she confessed to fabricating the entire story of her daughter, Ananya Bhat, under the influence of others. She questioned why the story was aired without her permission and asks the reporter to take it down.
The Accusation: “You Threatened Me”
In the audio, Sujatha Bhat vehemently challenges the channel for airing her confession without her final permission, alleging it was done under duress.
“I’m telling you that they threatened me to tell you his name,” Sujatha is heard saying. She repeatedly asserts that she had a specific agreement with the channel, stating, “I had told them to put this interview on after I went to the SIT and came back.”
Her most serious allegation claims the methods used to get her statement were intimidating. “They forced me to sit in a car and forced me to tell the names of these people,” she accused the channel’s representative.
The Channel’s Response: Denial and Defence
The news representative on the call consistently denies Sujatha’s allegations, insisting the interview was given voluntarily. The representative is heard responding, “No, madam, you gave an interview,” and later asks, “Are you scared, madam?”
When Sujatha complains about her ruined reputation, the representative turns the accusation back on her, saying, “If you force me, you will ruin your reputation.”
A Case Mired in Confusion
This latest development deepens the mystery surrounding the entire case. Sujatha Bhat initially captured national sympathy with her story of a daughter, Ananya Bhat, who went missing from Dharmasthala. She then publicly recanted, claiming on another YouTube channel that the story was a lie concocted for a property dispute, allegedly at the behest of individuals named Girish Mattannavar and T. Jayant.
However, she later retracted that confession as well, claiming it was made under pressure. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the matter has found no evidence of Ananya Bhat’s existence and has issued a notice to Sujatha to appear for questioning and present any documents.
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