India, July 31 -- Partial human remains were discovered at the sixth site dug by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the mass burial case in Dharmasthala, a town in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. The remains could be the first concrete evidence in the mass burials case.

The SIT has, previously, dug five sites at locations identified by the complainant in the case. However, this was the first to provide a breakthrough in the case.

The case originated from an FIR filed by a former sanitation worker, the complainant in the case, on July 4. In his complaint, he alleged that he had been forced to bury several bodies when he was working in Dharmasthala between 1995 and 2014. The village is located in Belthangady taluk of Dak...