Bengaluru, July 21 -- DGP Pronab Mohanty to head the investigating team

Finally, the State Government has heeded to the demand of Advocates, various organisations and Karnataka State Commission for Women for a thorough investigation into the alleged mass burial case in Dharmasthala.

The State Government, yesterday, announced a Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising of four IPS officers. The SIT team, headed by DGP Internal Security and Cyber Command Pronab Mohanty, includes DIG (Recruitment) M.N. Anucheth, City Armed Reserve (CAR), Headquarters, DCP Dr. S.K. Soumyalatha and SP Jitendra Kumar Dayama.

Former Supreme Court Judge Justice V. Gopala Gowda had also urged the State Government to constitute an SIT stating that complainant ...