Bengaluru, Nov. 13 -- The Karnataka high court on Wednesday vacated its interim stay order on the special investigation into the Dharmasthala Mass Burial Case, issued on October 30, allowing the special Investigation Team (SIT) to resume its probe into FIR No. 39/2025, registered at the Dharmasthala Police Station.

Delivering the order, a bench headed by Justice Mohammad Nawaz said the investigation could not remain halted indefinitely and noted that the SIT had proceeded with due permission from the magistrate. The court, however, extended interim protection, directing the SIT "not to harass the accused during the course of investigation."

With this decision, activists Girish Mattannavar, Mahesh Shetty Timarodi, T Jayant, and Vitthala ...