Women's group demands comprehensive investigation into unnatural deaths

Kondavaru Yaaru, a women’s organisation, has demanded that the authorities guarantee a broad probe by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) into each unnatural deaths reported astatine Dharmasthala successful the past 10 years. A ample fig of women took portion successful Kondavaru Yaaru’s soundless march astatine Belthangady to request the probe.

In a memorandum submitted to the Belthangady tahsildar connected December 16, the members of the women’s radical said the probe should beryllium carried retired successful a escaped and just manner, arsenic per the notification issued by the State authorities connected July 19, 2025.

In airy of allegations that SIT officers ill-treated victims who had travel to lodge complaints regarding unnatural deaths, Kondavaru Yaaru members said the authorities should effort to debar specified a scenario. The authorities and SIT should openly state that they are committed to protecting the identities of complainants and witnesses related to the deaths.

They besides demanded disciplinary enactment against officers that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) tribunal charged with shoddy probe of the 2012 rape and execution of Soujanya successful Dharmasthala. Increasing the fig of CCTVs successful nationalist places and mounting up a women’s assistance table should beryllium among the measures taken to summation information for women. All spiritual institutions should person interior committees to look into complaints of intersexual harassment. Activate section committees for the prevention of intersexual harassment astatine the taluk level, stated members successful the memorandum.