The whistleblower, a former sanitation worker with the Dharmasthala temple administration, had claimed to have buried 70–80 bodies at several locations.
The Dharmasthala “mass burial” case has taken a surprising turn. The police have now arrested the person who filed the complaint, who had earlier claimed that mass rapes and murders had happened in a village in Karnataka. Until now, the complainant had hidden his identity by wearing a mask. He has now been named for the first time as CN Chinnayya, also called Chenna.
Chenna said he was a whistleblower in a case involving mass murders and burials and had asked for legal protection. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) questioned him for several hours. After investigation, officials said his claims were false and made up, and he was taken into custody.
Chenna, a former sanitation worker with the Dharmasthala temple administration, had claimed to have buried 70–80 bodies at several locations. He was questioned overnight and arrested by 6 a.m. today.
Police told reporters that the skull he first presented was fake. He was arrested for perjury and giving false evidence.
Out of the 15 spots where he claimed to have buried women and minors between 1998 and 2014, the SIT found only one set of skeletal remains of a male at spot number 6.
