Dharmasthala: SIT begins exhumation at 'burial site'

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Tuesday started digging at sites where the witness-complainant said he had allegedly buried bodies of rape and murder victims in Dharmasthala village.

- DIVYA CUTINHO @ Mangaluru

But the witness-complainant and SIT officials found no trace of a body or remains at the first site on the first day of exhumation.

On Tuesday morning, a meeting was held at the SIT office in Belthangady under DIG MN Anucheth, while Assistant Commissioner (AC) Stella Varghese arrived at the Dharmasthala police station. Forensic experts and more than 10 laborers were called in. The SIT submitted details of the alleged sites to the AC and proceeded to the first site for exhumation along with the complainant around 1 p.m.