Bengaluru, Nov. 17 -- An activist long associated with the contentious special investigation team (SIT) probe into allegations of illegal mass burials in the temple town of Dharmasthala in Dakshina Kannada district has filed a complaint accusing SIT officers of alleged assault, intimidation attempts and attempts to coerce a false testimony.

Activist Jayant T filed the complaint on Saturday at Belthangady police station, said police, adding that a copy of the complaint was sent to the state 's governor and the director-general of police (DGP).

Jayant, who has been publicly associated with campaigns demanding the deliverance of justice in the 2012 Sowjanya murder case, which was eventually accorded significance in the alleged narrative ar...