Dharmasthala horror: Worker alleges rape, murder cover-up with 100s of bodies

A former sanitation worker from Dharmasthala, Karnataka, has filed a complaint alleging he was forced to dispose of hundreds of bodies between 1995 and 2014. In his complaint filed on July 4, he claims the temple administration coerced him into disposing of corpses found near the Netravathi River, many of which he says appeared to be women who were raped and murdered.

He stated, "When I refused to obey, I was beaten and threatened. I was told we will cut you into pieces." The allegations are being examined against the backdrop of the Sojourner case. A second complaint has been filed by Sujatha, the mother of Ananya Bhatt, an MBBS student who went missing in Dharamsthala in 2003. Twelve days after an FIR was registered based on the worker's complaint, the Dakshina Kannada Police have yet to begin exhumation.