Overview

• The SIT suspended excavation and exhumation work after collecting skeletal and soil samples, Home Minister G. Parameshwara told the Assembly.
• Human remains have been recovered at two locations so far — one skeleton at one site and bone fragments at another — with DNA and chemical analyses underway at the FSL.
• Investigators have surveyed many other flagged spots, including a ground-penetrating radar sweep at a site where dozens of burials were alleged, without finding human remains.
• Authorities say soil from the suspected areas is laterite with acidic content, so both soil and bones were sent for testing to assess possible corrosion and recover DNA.
• Political tensions have escalated over the probe, while officials say the whistleblower is under witness protection that prevents arrest during the process.