Overview

• CN Chinnaiah’s voluntary statement was recorded Saturday evening before the Additional Civil Judge and JMFC in Belthangady under Section 183 of the BNSS.
• In the in‑camera statement, he admitted his earlier claims of multiple rapes, murders and mass burials were false and made at the behest of certain individuals.
• Police said they could not disclose the identities of those individuals due to technical reasons.
• He told the court the skull he produced on July 11 was handed to him by Soujanya’s uncle, Vittala Gowda.
• The SIT continues its investigation, Chinnaiah had earlier been arrested on perjury charges, and public figures including Veerendra Heggade and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar issued measured responses.