Overview

• Investigators searched activist Mahesh Shetty Thimarody’s residence in Ujire, with officials saying he sheltered complainant C N Chinnaiah for about two months as they gathered evidence under a court warrant.
• Forensic findings indicate the skull presented in court was a preserved laboratory specimen, and skeletal material recovered so far includes male remains, contradicting the original claims.
• The SIT arrested Chinnaiah on August 23 on perjury and false-evidence charges, secured his custody until September 3, and is tracing associates and a missing mobile phone believed to hold key data.
• BJP state president B Y Vijayendra called for the case to be handed to the NIA and announced a statewide 'Dharmasthala Chalo' rally on September 1 to press the demand.
• Home Minister G Parameshwara publicly rejected an NIA takeover, urging that the ongoing state investigation proceed without political agitation.