The Special Investigation Team (SIT) has informed the Beltangady court that the alleged Dharmasthala mass burial case was a fabricated conspiracy orchestrated by anti-Dharmasthala activists. The findings were submitted in a preliminary report, in which the SIT stated that Dharmasthala authorities have received a clean chit based on the evidence examined so far.
The SIT has sought additional time to complete the investigation and file its final report.
Six Accused Named In The Case
The SIT’s preliminary report names six accused individuals:
- A1: Chinnayya
- Mahesh Shetty Thimarody
- Girish Mattennavar
- Jayanth
- Vitthal Gowda
- Sujatha Bhatt
Investigators stated that A1, Chinnayya, was allegedly paid, pressured, and coached to make false statements. The SIT said a false narrative of “mass burials” was constructed to target Dharmasthala, with the accused allegedly procuring a skull, staging evidence, and recording coached video statements to support the claim.
Conspiracy Meetings, Evidence Trails Recovered
According to the SIT, conspiracy meetings were held at the residence of accused Mahesh Shetty Thimarody. Investigators reported recovering video clips, bank transaction trails, electronic data, and witness statements – All of which, the SIT said, support the conclusion that the mass burial allegations were fabricated and part of a coordinated conspiracy.
SIT Seeks Permission To Arrest Five Accused
The SIT has sought the court’s permission to arrest five of the accused. If approval is granted, arrests are expected to take place immediately. The agency is preparing for custodial interrogation ahead of submitting its final report.
TNM Propaganda Shattered To Bits
The leftist “news portal” The News Minute finds its propaganda completely shattered to bits and has not yet apologised to the public or to the institution for carrying reports that was based entirely out of lies. TNM manufactured and amplified the “mass burial” lies and it stands exposed as a politically motivated smear against a revered Hindu institution. TNM published over two dozen reports this year, aggressively platforming an unverified “masked man” whose sensational claims were treated as gospel while basic journalistic scrutiny was abandoned.
Their videos, ‘ground’ reports, and podcasts framed speculation as fact, linked unrelated past tragedies to imply a pattern, and repeatedly undermined official explanations from the Panchayat. Reporters presented routine procedures for unclaimed bodies as sinister, avoided questioning the logistical impossibility of the allegations, and cast every legal restraint as evidence of a cover-up.
TNM’s coverage functioned less as reporting and more as ideological propaganda aimed at tarnishing a sacred Hindu institution. The facts have now buried the fiction.
Source: India Today
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