Overview

• The Special Investigation Team recovered about 15 bone fragments at a depth of four feet during digging at the sixth location near the Netravathi river bathing ghat
• Recovered fragments have been secured under tight security and dispatched to the Forensic Science Laboratory for DNA profiling and detailed analysis
• Excavation work has now begun at the seventh of 13 sites identified by the former sanitation worker whistleblower
• Witness protection measures and heightened security cordons remain in place to safeguard the complainant and preserve evidence integrity
• The SIT was formed under DGP Pranav Mohanty after allegations that hundreds of bodies, some showing signs of sexual violence, were clandestinely buried between 1995 and 2014