Bengaluru, Aug. 4 -- The special investigation team (SIT) probing the Dharmasthala mass burial allegations has asked a man claiming to have witnessed the illegal burial of a teenage girl's decomposed body to lodge a formal complaint with the local police. SIT officials said the team can only begin its investigation once a case is registered at the jurisdictional police station. A senior officer said, "The SIT is not a police station. We cannot take direct complaints. We investigate based on cases filed with the local police and then record statements." The witness, Jayanth, a 48-year-old social activist from Ichlampady village in Puttur taluk, met with SIT officials on August 2. He was asked to return Monday to file a formal complaint. Speaking to reporters, Jayanth said, "I have seen that girl's body, and it was buried without following any legal procedures. I know the spot where her body was buried. I do not know whether the girl was murdered, but her body was in a slightly decomposed state." He claimed the burial occurred 15 years ago and alleged that fear had kept many from speaking out. "Few more people will come forward to share similar disturbing experiences in the coming days before the SIT," he said. Jayanth also told a local news channel that he is related to Padmalatha, a woman whose body was found nearly two months after she went missing in December 1986....