Dharmasthala, July 31 -- On the second consecutive day of exhumation in Dharmasthala, the special investigation team (SIT) tasked with probing allegations of mass burials found no skeletal remains, after digging at five separate sites identified by the complainant.

The operations, which took place in a forested region near the Nethravathi bathing ghat, lasted from noon till evening on Wednesday, but yielded no confirmed evidence of human remains. The search, which resumed around 12.30pm, involved about 20 labourers who worked across five marked locations until 5.30pm. The SIT wound down operations for the day with empty pits. SIT chief Pronab Mohanty and DIG MN Anucheth reached the site by 4.30pm to monitor the situation, even as intermi...