Dharmasthala case: Chinnaiah records voluntary statement before magistrate

Forty-five-year-old Chinnaiah appeared for the 2nd clip earlier the judicial magistrate successful Belthangady connected Tuesday to grounds his voluntary statement, successful transportation with his ailment of the wide burial of bodies successful Dharmasthala.

Chinnaiah, who is lodged successful the situation successful Shivamogga, was brought successful with a constabulary escort and produced earlier the Additional Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate of First Class (JMFC) astir 3 p.m. The statement, arsenic per Section 183 of the Bharatiya Nagaarik Suraksha Sanhita, was recorded in-camera privately. He was taken retired of the tribunal and moved to Shivamogga astir 6.30 p.m.

After registration of his ailment successful the Dharmathala constabulary presumption connected July 4, Chinnaiah appeared earlier the magistrate connected July 11 to grounds his voluntary connection to reiterate, connected oath, the facts mentioned successful his complaint. He besides produced a skull earlier the magistrate by stating that it belonged to 1 of the 100 women buried successful Dharmasthala during the play betwixt 2003 and 2014.

The Special Investigation Team, which is probing the case, recovered that the skull produced by Chinnaiah was not of a woman, but a 32-year-old man. The SIT besides recovered records to amusement the beingness of Chinniah successful Dharmasthala implicit the past 2 years, which contradicted his connection that helium was forced to permission Dharmasthala successful 2014 and had present returned to record a ailment retired of guilt.

During his inquiry, pursuing his apprehension for perjury, Chinnaiah told SIT helium got the skull from 2012 rape and execution unfortunate Soujanya’s uncle, Vittala Gowda and his brother, and helium produced the aforesaid earlier the Magistrate. He told the SIT that helium had fixed a mendacious ailment nether unit and had besides narrated mendacious facts connected oath earlier a magistrate earlier. On the petition by Chinnaiah, the SIT filed an exertion a fortnight agone seeking the day of the Magistrate for signaling different connection of Chinnaiah.