Bengaluru, July 16 -- A group of concerned public-interested lawyers met Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday at the Chief Minister's Residence "Krishna" to urgently request the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged incidents of mass murder, mass rape, and mass burial at Dharmasthala, said a release.

According to the release, the advocates apprised the Chief Minister of the grave factual matrix surrounding these widely reported incidents.

They highlighted that despite an eyewitness providing a confessional statement and an FIR being registered, the investigation appears to be handled by local police and is reportedly not progressing within the mandate of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanh...