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Dharmasthala Probe Expands With Forgery Charges as Second Complainant Moves to Withdraw

Forensic checks on the skull presented as evidence now shape the direction of the inquiry.

The original complainant in the case, 50-year-old CN Chinnaiah, was arrested by the SIT.
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Sowjanya’s mother seeks narco test on masked man, says he may know who killed her
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Overview

  • Karnataka’s SIT added multiple BNS sections for giving and fabricating false evidence and forgery tied to a skull, after arresting complainant C N Chinnaiah for perjury on August 23.
  • Investigators say Chinnaiah did not exhume the skull he produced, and they are testing its provenance, including whether it originated from a medical source.
  • The SIT is probing potential third‑party involvement, seizing phones linked to activist Mahesh Shetty Thimmarody and preparing to collect samples from his rubber plantation before summoning him.
  • Soujanya’s mother filed a fresh complaint requesting narco‑analysis of Chinnaiah and urging a re‑examination of the unresolved 2012 rape‑murder case.
  • Complainant Sujata Bhat expressed a desire to withdraw her disappearance case as the SIT cites contradictions in her statements, while the BJP demands an NIA takeover and has announced a September 1 march.