Mass burial case : Chinnaiah produced before court

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Belthangady : The complainant in the mass burial case, Chinnaiah, who was arrested for perjury and lodged in the Shivamogga jail, was produced before the Belthangady court on Thursday in connection with recording his statement. He will again be produced before the court on September 23, the sources said.

Earlier, when Chinnaiah was quizzed by the SIT following his arrest, he said that the skeletal remains he produced before the magistrate in Belthangady at the time of recording his statement, after filing the complaint, were given to him by Vittala Gowda, the uncle of Soujanya, who was raped and murdered in October 2012.

Later, the SIT questioned Gowda and took him twice, a few days ago, to Banglagudde, for ‘mahazar’, as he told the SIT that he got the skeletal remains from Banglagudde. The SIT began searching the area.

In an interview to a local news website, Gowda claimed that he saw skeletal remains of eight persons, including a young child, and a few articles related to black magic at Banglagudde during his two visits for ‘mahazar’.