Overview

• The High Court quashed the ex parte injunction issued by a Bengaluru civil court on July 8 and remanded the suit for fresh consideration to uphold free speech rights.
• The SIT recovered about 15 bone fragments at the sixth excavation site and sent them to Bengaluru’s Forensic Science Laboratory for detailed examination.
• Investigators found no human remains at sites seven through ten despite heavy water seepage complicating the monsoon digs.
• Advocate Ananya Gowda’s formal complaint has prompted an internal review into allegations that Inspector Manjunath Gowda threatened a protected witness to retract his original statement.
• Additional testimonies from witnesses such as Jayanth T are providing corroborative accounts and guiding the SIT’s next phases of excavation.