Overview

• Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar confirmed that complainant C. N. Chinnaiah carried a skull to Delhi before lodging the mass‑burial allegations.
• Shivakumar said the administration’s goal is to place verified facts before the public and that an official statement will follow the SIT’s final report.
• Dharmadhikari Veerendra Heggade praised the SIT inquiry, saying it is bringing out the truth, and thanked the state government.
• The BJP accused the Congress-led government of hiding a May Supreme Court order while forming the SIT and renewed calls for a central probe.
• The Supreme Court had dismissed a related PIL and told petitioners to approach local authorities, and the SIT later arrested Chinnaiah for allegedly misleading investigators.