Advocate Manjunath N has urged the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the sensational Dharmasthala secret burial case to use Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) at locations already identified and excavated by the witness-complainant.
Dharmasthala secret burial case (Image:DC)
Mangaluru: Advocate Manjunath N has urged the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the sensational Dharmasthala secret burial case to use Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) at locations already identified and excavated by the witness-complainant.
“It is learnt that skeletal remains have been discovered at some of the 10 locations identified by the witness-complainant. As the witness himself has stated, he left Dharmasthala in 2014. The Dharmasthala region experiences heavy rainfall and there is a high possibility of soil shifting and accumulation from one place to another. Since considerable changes have occurred in the forest area over approximately 11 years, there is a high probability that the landmarks the witness had relied on in his memory may have changed or shifted,” he said.
“Therefore, as we previously petitioned on July 29, 2025, we request the deployment of the most advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) available in India to detect skeletal remains at the already excavated locations and in the surrounding areas,” he added.
He requested that GPR units, which are comparable in size to machines used for clearing grass and weeds and which can be deployed with very few persons be deployed to detect skeletal remains at the already excavated locations and in the surrounding areas.
“Many experts anticipate that the SIT, led by Pronab Mohanty, will implement GPR technology. We have unwavering faith and confidence that the Karnataka Government and the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will support the SIT in deploying GPRs,” he added.
Manjunath is the lawyer representing Sujatha Bhat—the mother of medical student Ananya Bhat who went missing from Dharmasthala in 2003.
Sujatha Bhat had recently sought a fresh investigation into the 2003 disappearance of her daughter, Ananya Bhat, from Dharmasthala.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle )
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